Edificio Isabel Bongard, Historical monument in La Serena, Chile.

Edificio Isabel Bongard is a symmetrical two-storey building on Amunátegui 851 in La Serena, inaugurated in 1912. Its neoclassical facade has segmental arches and stone masonry walls; the structure combines brickwork, oak timber framing with adobe on the upper floor, and Oregon pine for the roof, doors, windows, floors and ceilings. The plan is organised around a central entrance axis and two side courtyards.

The building was established as a teacher training school in 1890, when President Balmaceda appointed Isabel Bongard as its director. It operated under German educational methods until 1940, when it transitioned away from its original purpose of training primary school instructors.

The building's name honours Isabel Bongard, the German-born educator appointed in 1890 by President José Manuel Balmaceda to direct the Escuela Normal de Preceptoras. She instilled a progressive, secular and scientific approach to training primary teachers. Since 1993 the former normal school has carried her name as the Campus Isabel Bongard of the University of La Serena.

The building stands at Amunátegui 851, on the Universidad de La Serena campus, and is reached on foot from the city centre. It is an active academic site, so visits depend on campus opening hours and should not disturb classes; the 1988 fire destroyed much of the second floor, restored afterwards for student use.

The second floor held long dormitories for more than two hundred boarding students, plus the school chapel. On the ground floor, the wood-panelled Salón de Actos hosted gymnastics classes and graduation ceremonies, with a music room behind it and the kitchen in the south wing.