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.

This article about a property in Puerto Rico on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.