Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law
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The Facultad de Derecho Eugenio Maria de Hostos (English: Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law) is a law school
located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
. The School was founded by Fernando Bayrón, Juan Mari Brás
and Carlos Rivera Lugo in 1995. The Eugenio Maria de Hostos Law School (or, Hostos Law School, for short) aspires to achieve the development of a legal professional that is also responsive to the needs of his or her communities and embraces Hostos educational philosophy.
. The site where the Law School now sits used to be the Municipal Slaughterhouse during the early 19th century. For this reason the current street of the school, Georgina Morales, was known as "La Calle de la Carniceria" or slaughterhouse street. By 1848, the municipal prison building was built which gave its name to the Barrio where today the Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law is located.
The building was designed by Rafael Carmoega
whose other works include the Capitol of Puerto Rico
, the School of Tropical Medicne (Escuela de Medicina Tropical)
, the old Casino de Puerto Rico, and the first buildings of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
. The architectural style of the building is mostly modernist, with elegant, although reserved, neoclassical accents including its access facade
that is a Doric order
of columns.
The public elementary school that was at this building closed down in 1985. The remodeling design of the building was the work of Architect Juan Manuel Moscoso. The property was restored and rehabilitated to house the law school by the Mayagüez Municipal Government during the years 1997 to 1999, under the incumbency of Mayor José Guillermo Rodríguez
. The permanent seat of the school of law was inaugurated on May 7, 1999.
Law school
A law school is an institution specializing in legal education.- Law degrees :- Canada :...
located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...
. The School was founded by Fernando Bayrón, Juan Mari Brás
Juan Mari Brás
Juan Mari Brás was an advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States who founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party...
and Carlos Rivera Lugo in 1995. The Eugenio Maria de Hostos Law School (or, Hostos Law School, for short) aspires to achieve the development of a legal professional that is also responsive to the needs of his or her communities and embraces Hostos educational philosophy.
Building
The permanent seat of the Eugenio Maria de Hostos School of Law is at the building that once was the Luis Muñoz Rivera elementary public school. The building was built in 1924, being the Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, the Honorable Juan Rullan RiveraJuan Rullán Rivera
Juan Rullán Rivera was Puerto Rican politician who served as the Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Juan Rullán was born on November 19, 1884 in the Juan Alonso Barrio of Mayagüez; his parents were Juan Rullán and Ramona Rivera...
. The site where the Law School now sits used to be the Municipal Slaughterhouse during the early 19th century. For this reason the current street of the school, Georgina Morales, was known as "La Calle de la Carniceria" or slaughterhouse street. By 1848, the municipal prison building was built which gave its name to the Barrio where today the Eugenio María de Hostos School of Law is located.
The building was designed by Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega
Rafael Carmoega Morales was a Puerto Rican architect from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was the first Puerto Rican to become State Architect, a position within the Department of the Interior which he held from 1921 to 1936...
whose other works include the Capitol of Puerto Rico
Capitol of Puerto Rico
The Capitol of Puerto Rico is located on the Islet of San Juan just outside the walls of Old San Juan. The building is home to the bicameral Legislative Assembly, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate...
, the School of Tropical Medicne (Escuela de Medicina Tropical)
School of Tropical Medicine (Puerto Rico)
The School of Tropical Medicine , was an educational institution created in 1926 by an act of the Puerto Rican Legislature, to further the research initiated by the Anemia Commissions and the Institute of Tropical Medicine on anemia and its causes...
, the old Casino de Puerto Rico, and the first buildings of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras , also referred to as UPR-RP, is a public research university located on a campus in Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico...
. The architectural style of the building is mostly modernist, with elegant, although reserved, neoclassical accents including its access facade
Facade
A facade or façade is generally one exterior side of a building, usually, but not always, the front. The word comes from the French language, literally meaning "frontage" or "face"....
that is a Doric order
Doric order
The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
of columns.
The public elementary school that was at this building closed down in 1985. The remodeling design of the building was the work of Architect Juan Manuel Moscoso. The property was restored and rehabilitated to house the law school by the Mayagüez Municipal Government during the years 1997 to 1999, under the incumbency of Mayor José Guillermo Rodríguez
José Guillermo Rodríguez
José Guillermo Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican politician who serves as the Mayor of the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He was born in Mayagüez on October 10, 1956. He is a member of the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico.-Early years and education:...
. The permanent seat of the school of law was inaugurated on May 7, 1999.