Baguio Country Club

Location: Baguio City, Benguet (Region CAR)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Social Club
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: February 18, 2005

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text (Filipino):

BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB

ITINATAG NI WILLIAM CAMERON FORBES, 1905. PINASINAYAAN, 28 ABRIL 1906. NATALA BILANG BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB CORPORATION, 20 PEBRERO 1907. GINAWANG JAPANESE OFFICERS’ CLUB NOONG PANAHON NG PANANAKOP NG MGA HAPON, 1942–1944, AT PUNONG HIMPILAN NG IKA-33 DIBISYON NG SANDATAHANG LAKAS NG ESTADOS UNIDOS, 1945. UNANG PILIPINONG PANGULO SI HUKOM ROMAN OZAETA, 1957.

Marker text (English):

BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB

FOUNDED BY WILLIAM CAMERON FORBES, 1905. INAUGURATED, 28 APRIL 1906 AND REGISTERED AS BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB CORPORATION, 20 FEBRUARY 1907. OCCUPIED AS THE JAPANESE OFFICERS’ CLUB, 1942–1944 AND AS HEADQUARTERS OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE 33RD DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, 1945. JUSTICE ROMAN OZAETA BECAME THE CLUB’S FIRST FILIPINO PRESIDENT, 1957.