Guam Institute
{Infobox NRHP
| name = Guam Institute | nrhp_type = | image = | caption = | location = Off Guam Highway 1, Hagåtña, Agana, Guam | coordinates = 13°28′26″N 144°44′44″E / 13.47389°N 144.74556°E | locmapin = Guam | built = 1911 | builder = Lujan, P. Jose | added = October 6, 1977 | area = 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) | governing_body = Private | refnum = 77001568[1] | nrhp_type2 = cp | designated_nrhp_type2 = February 8, 1985 | partof = Agana Historic District | partof_refnum = 85000495
}} The Guam Institute, located off in Guam Highway 1 in Hagåtña (Agana), Guam, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1977; the listing included one contributing building. It was built in 1911. It has also been known as the Jose P. Lujan House.[1][2]
The house is significant as one of few houses in Agana surviving from before World War II. It was built by carpenter and cabinet-maker Jose Pangelinan Lujan, who rented the house and later lived in it, until moving out of the house in 1928. Lujan owned the house until 1969.[2]
The house was the location of the Guam Institute, "the only successful private school of the pre-war period" in Guam, from 1928 until the institute was closed in December, 1941, with the Japanese invasion.[2]: 3
The house was damaged by Typhoon Pamela in 1976; photos in 1977 showed it in poor condition.[2]
However, supported by the NRHP listing, the owner obtained Federal matching grant funds to support rehabilitation of the building during 1980-1982. Work done used "design, materials (ifil wood), and workmanship to maintain the original character of the building."[3]
It is one of five pre-World War II houses that make up the NRHP-listed Agana Historic District.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d David T. Lotz (May 9, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Guam Institute / Jose P. Lujan House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1977
- ^ Jack B. Jones (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Agana Historic District". National Park Service. and accompanying 14 photos from 1925 to 1983 (with photos 4 and 12 of Lujan House)
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