# Guam Institute

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The **Guam Institute**, located off in [Guam Highway 1](/source/Guam_Highway_1) in [Hagåtña](/source/Hag%C3%A5t%C3%B1a) (formerly *Agana* or *Agaña*), [Guam](/source/Guam), was listed on the U.S. [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1977; the listing included one [contributing building](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Typhoon_Pamela_(1976)) 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](/source/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](/source/Agana_Historic_District).

## See also

- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Guam](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Guam)

## References

1. David T. Lotz (May 9, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Guam Institute / Jose P. Lujan House". National Park Service. and

1. Jack B. Jones (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Agana Historic District". National Park Service. and

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