Escuela Domingo Santa María, Educational building in Iquique, Chile.

Escuela Domingo Santa María was a school in Iquique whose 1936 art deco building replaced the 1883 original destroyed by fire in 1928. The structure was demolished in early 2011 after the 2005 Tarapacá earthquake damaged it; a new building with a wooden facade recreating saltpeter-era architecture now stands on the site.

The building was first erected in 1883 but faced a major setback when fire damaged it in 1928. Reconstruction work in 1936 gave the school its current structure and design.

The school's name honours Domingo Santa María, Chile's president when it was built in 1883. Its courtyard became the gathering point for the 1907 saltpeter strike, and the site is remembered for the massacre that ended it. The 1936 art deco building was demolished in 2011 and replaced by a facade recreating saltpeter-era wooden architecture, a "false historical" reconstruction.

The school can be viewed from the exterior and provides a good look at regional architecture from the period. Contacting the administration beforehand is recommended if you want to learn more or request interior access.

The 1936 art deco school was demolished in early 2011 despite a rehabilitation proposal from the Universidad Arturo Prat's architecture school. Its replacement recreates the wooden architecture of saltpeter-era Iquique, which critics call a "falso histórico". Excavations also found soil that did not match the structural calculations.