Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School

Coordinates: 18°3′1″N 67°3′35″W / 18.05028°N 67.05972°W / 18.05028; -67.05972
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Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School
Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School is located in Puerto Rico
Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School
LocationJunction of San Blas and Concordia Streets, Lajas, Puerto Rico
Coordinates18°3′1″N 67°3′35″W / 18.05028°N 67.05972°W / 18.05028; -67.05972
Built1904-1907
ArchitectAdriano González, Jorge Frank, Charles G. Post
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.16000852
Added to NRHPDecember 13, 2016

Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School (Spanish: Escuela Oliver Hazard Perry), often referred to as the Perry School (Escuela Perry) or just La Perry, is an early 20th century school located in Lajas, Puerto Rico. The school building was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

The property, with a footprint of 353.03 square meters, sits at the northern end of an 841.66 square meter urban lot facing the southwest corner of the town square in downtown Lajas (Lajas Pueblo). The Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School is the earliest extant school building built by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico in the Municipality of Lajas. The school has some aspects of integrity as location, setting, workmanship and association.[2]

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  1. ^ National Park Service, NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. "Oliver Hazard Perry Graded School".
  2. ^ United States Department of the lnterior, National Park Service. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF).