Central High School, also known as La Central or La Central High, is a school located in Santurce barrio of

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...

. The 1925-built building was listed on the U.S.

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in 1987 and on the

Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas'') is a Government of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Puerto Rico Planning Board, ...

in 2000. It is a three-story, U-shaped building with Spanish Renaissance architecture. Its National Register nomination asserts that "Central High School is, for many reasons, the most important school structure built in Puerto Rico in the first decades of the XXth century." with It was built as part of a building program that also yielded the

Ponce High School The Ponce High School is public educational institution in Ponce, Puerto Rico, offering grades nine through twelve. The school's main building is a historic structure located on Cristina Street, in the Ponce Historic Zone. From its beginning t ...

, built in 1915, and the Gautier Benítez High School in Caguas, built in 1924.

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National Archives Catalog #131518310
National Register of Historic Places in San Juan, Puerto Rico School buildings completed in 1925 Education in San Juan, Puerto Rico School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico 1925 establishments in Puerto Rico Spanish Revival architecture in Puerto Rico Renaissance Revival architecture Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico High schools in Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-school-stub