College of San Juan de Letran

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Intramuros, Manila (Region NCR)

Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: School (Building)
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:

COLLEGE OF SAN JUAN DE LETRAN

FOUNDED BY DIEGO DE SANTAMARIA, O.P., IN 1630, THIS INSTITUTION ABSORBED THE SCHOOL OF JUAN GERONIMO GUERRERO IN 1638 AND IN 1638 ABSORBED THE SCHOOL OF JUAN GERONIMO GUERRERO. REMOVED TO THE PARIAN IN 1648 AFTER DESTRUCTION BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645. IT REMAINED THERE TWENTY YEARS. LOCATED ON THIS SITE SINCE 1669. TERCENTENARY SOLEMNLY CELEBRATED IN 1930.

University of Santo Tomas

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

FOUNDED IN 1611 BY LEGACY OF ARCHBISHOP MIGUEL DE BENAVIDES. AUTHORIZED TO CONFER DEGREES IN 1624. GRANTED UNIVERSITY PRIVILEGES IN 1645 BY INNOCENT X UPON PHILIP IV’S REQUEST. MADE A ROYAL UNIVERSITY IN 1785 BY CHARLES III AND A PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY IN 1902 BY LEO XIII. OLDEST UNIVERSITY UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG.

Ayuntamiento

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Supreme Court Building, Cabildo Street, Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Government building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

AYUNTAMIENTO

CORNERSTONE LAID JANUARY 31, 1735, IN ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR FERNANDO VALDES TAMON. DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE JUNE 3, 1863. PRESENT BUILDING DESIGNED BY D. EDUARDO LOPEZ NAVARRO BEGAN MAY 2, 1879. SEAT OF CITY ADMINISTRATION IN SPANISH TIMES, AND OF INSULAR ADMINISTRATION IN AMERICAN TIMES.

Roman Catholic Cathedral of Manila

Location: Manila Cathedral, Sto. Tomas Street, Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OF MANILA

FIRST CATHEDRAL BUILT IN 1581, DAMAGED BY A TYPHOON IN 1582 AND DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1583. SECOND CATHEDRAL BUILT OF STONE IN 1592 AND PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1600. THIRD CATHEDRAL BUILT IN 1614 AND DESTROYED BY THE SAN ANDRES EARTHQUAKE OF 1645. FOURTH CATHEDRAL MAGNIFICENTLY BUILT IN 1654-1671 BY ARCHBISHOP MIGUEL POBLETE AND DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 3, 1863. FIFTH CATHEDRAL BUILT IN 1870-1879 UNDER ARCHITECTS LUCIANO OLIVER, VICENTE SERRANO SALAVERRIA AND EDUARDO LOPEZ NAVARRO AND SOLEMNLY BLESSED IN DECEMBER 1879. THE CENTER OF THE CROSS ON THE DOME IS THE REFERENCE POINT OF ALL ASTRONIMICAL LONGITUDES OF THE ARCHIPELAGO.

La Concordia College for Girls

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Location: Herran Street, Paco, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

LA CONCORDIA COLLEGE FOR GIRLS

FOUNDED IN 1868 BY DOÑA MARGARITA ROXAS DE AYALA ON HER LA CONCORDIA ESTATE AND ADMINISTERED BY THE SISTERS OF CHARITY.

Church of San Sebastian

Location: San Sebastian Church, Pasaje del Carmen Street, Quiapo, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

SAN SEBASTIAN CHURCH

DESIGNED BY GENARO PALACIOS. THE STRUCTURAL METAL OF WHICH THIS CHURCH IS UNIQUELY BUILT WAS MANUFACTURED IN BELGIUM AND ERECTED HERE BY BELGIAN ENGINEERS. THE CHURCH WAS SOLEMNLY BLESSED AUGUST 16, 1891. EARLIER CHURCHES BUILT ON THIS SITE BY RECOLLECT FRIARS SINCE 1611 WERE DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE IN 1859, 1863 AND 1880.

Dr. Lorenzo Negrao

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Escolta Street, Santa Cruz, Manila

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Marker text:

DR. LORENZO NEGRAO

SPANISH PHYSICIAN AND PHARMACIST ESTABLISHED IN MANILA IN 1830 A COMMERCIAL PHARMACY LATER KNOWN AS BOIE AND SCHADENBERG AND CONTINUED INTO MODERN TIMES AS THE BOTICA BOIE PHILIPPINE-AMERICAN DRUG COMPANY. 

(COMPLETELY DESTROYED DURING THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION. NEW BUILDING ERECTED ON SITE, 1952.)

Church of San Agustin

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Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF SAN AGUSTIN

OLDEST IN THE PHILIPPINES. CORNERSTONE LAID IN 1599, CHURCH COMPLETED IN 1606 UNDER SUPERVISION OF THE LAY BROTHER ANTONIO HER RERA, OF THE CHURCH IN MANILA, THIS ONE ALONE WITHSTOOD THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1645, 1754, 1852 AND 1880. THE CHOIR HAS 68 CARVED MOLAVE SEATS. AN ARTISTIC LECTERN AND PARCHMENT CANTORALS OF THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES. THIS CHURCH AND ITS GRAVES WERE PROFANED DURING THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF MANILA IN 1762, AND THE ASHES OF LEGASPI, SALCEDO, LAVEZARES AND OTHERS NOW REST IN THE EASTERN MOST CHAPEL OF THE TRANSEPT. TERMS FOR THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF MANILA WERE SIGNED IN THE VESTRY OF THIS CHURCH IN AUGUST, 1898.

Plaza McKinley

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Plaza

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

PLAZA MCKINLEY

SO NAMED IN 1901 FOR WILLIAM MCKINLEY U.S. PRESIDENT WHEN AMERICAN FORCES OCCUPIED THE PHILIPPINES IN 1898.

Jesuit Church of San Ignacio

NHCP SocMed Pubmat for National Heritage Month 2024

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

JESUIT CHURCH OF SAN IGNACIO

DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT FELIX ROXAS. LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE FEBRUARY 9, 1878. CONSTRUCTION BY FRANCISCO RIERA, S.J. SOLEMN BLESSING JULY 25, 1889. WOOD CARVING BY ISABELO TAMPINGCO. MARBLE WORK BY FRANCISCO RODOREDA. BELLS AND METAL ORNAMENTAL BY HILARIO SUNICO.

Fort Santiago

Location: Intramuros, Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Structure, Fortification
Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

FORT SANTIAGO

BUILT OF GUADALUPE VOLCANIC TUFF BY GOVERNOR GOMEZ PEREZ DASMARIÑAS 1590–1593 IN PLACE OF THE WOODEN PALISADE OF RAJA MATANDA

Manila Railroad Company

Location: Tutuban Station, Claro M. Recto Avenue, Tutuban, Tondo, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Train Station

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1934

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee
Marker text:

MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY

PREPARATION OF A GENERAL PLAN FOR RAILROAD ON LUZON AUTHORIZED BY ROYAL DECREE JUNE 26, 1875. ROYAL APPROVAL OF DON EDUARDO LOPEZ NAVARRO'S PLANS MAY 11, 1883. CONCESSION FOR THE MANILA-DAGUPAN LINE AWARDED TO DON EDMUNDO SYKIES, JANUARY 21, 1887, AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, LTD. OF LONDON. CORNER STONE OF THE MAIN STATION BUILDING AT TUTUBAN LAID JULY 31, 1887. ENTIRE MANILA-DAGUPAN LINE, 196 KILOMETERS LONG, COMPLETED AND SERVICE INAUGURATED NOVEMBER 24, 1892.