Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School
The Eleuterio Derkes Grammar School (Spanish: Escuela Derkes) is a historic school building in Guayama, Puerto Rico. It was built in 1908, during a period when schools were gaining importance as civic institutions in Puerto Rico. Its simplified Neoclassical design emphasized this shift, and it became a prototype for a generation of school construction on the island. It additionally signifies a transition in construction technologies from wood to concrete. In 1987, architect Jorge Rigau observed that the building had survived in a nearly unaltered state, a rarity among schools of its era.It was inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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Calle José M. Angeli,
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| N 17.981908 ° | E -66.111799 ° |
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Calle José M. Angeli 54
00784 (Barrio Pueblo)
Puerto Rico, United States
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