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Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School, also known as Escuela Jacinto Lopez Martinez, in Dorado, Puerto Rico, is a school built in 1923-25 which was designed by architect
Pedro Adolfo de Castro Pedro Adolfo de Castro (1895–1936) was a twentieth-century architect from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Early years He was born Pedro Adolfo de Castro Besosa in January 1895, in Brooklyn, New York, to Pedro De Castro (1867 - 1928; from Ceiba, Puer ...
. It is a two-story U-shaped building. With . Its NRHP nomination describes at as "truly, on the outside, a rich and monumental symbol of the new emphasis given to the education of the Puerto Rican youth in the 1920s and 1930s." Its size, location on the town's main plaza, and architectural detailing "were undoubtedly meant to emphasize the differences between the new system (American) and its ideals in terms of educational goals, and the old, Spanish, ways."


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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico Mission Revival architecture in Puerto Rico School buildings completed in 1925 1925 establishments in Puerto Rico Spanish Revival architecture in Puerto Rico National Register of Historic Places in Dorado, Puerto Rico Elementary schools in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-NRHP-stub