Intendencia Building

Source: Hans-Peter Bärtschi, January 1988

Source: Hans-Peter Bärtschi, January 1988

Location: Former building of the Central Bank of the Philippines, Aduana Street, Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Government building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 26 June 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

INTENDENCIA BUILDING

CONSTRUCTION AS CUSTOMHOUSE AUTHORIZED APRIL 3, 1823. BUILDING ERECTED BY THOMAS COSTES WAS DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE JUNE 3, 1863. PRESENT BUILDING DESIGNED BY LUIS CESPEDES WAS BUILT 1874-1876 BY LUIS PEREZ SIONJUE.

Church of Sto. Domingo

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 26 June 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF STO. DOMINGO

FIRST CHAPEL INAUGURATED ON JANUARY 1, 1588. COLLAPSED IN 1589. FIRST CHURCH BUILT BY ALONSO JIMANEZ, O.P. IN 1592 WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON APRIL 30, 1603. A SECOND CHURCH WAS RUINED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF NOVEMBER 30, 1645. A THREE-AISLE CHURCH WAS ERECTED BUT WAS DEMOLISHED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE 3, 1863. CORNER STONE OF PRESENT CHURCH LAID ON AUGUST 30, 1864. THE IMAGE OF NUESTRA SENORA DEL ROSARIO, VENERATED HERE, WAS CANONICALLY CROWNED ON OCTOBER 5, 1907.

Church of the Third Order of the Franciscans

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Sites/Events, Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Site, Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF THE THIRD ORDER OF THE FRANCISCANS

THIRD ORDER OF THE FRANCISCANS FOUNDED HERE ABOUT 1611 BY JOSE DE SANTA MARIA, O.P.M. FIRST CHAPEL BUILT IN 1618. PRESENT CHURCH IN HONOR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPCION FINISHED IN 1733 AND SOLEMNLY CONSECRATED IN 1734 BY BISHOP FELIPE DE MOLINA OF NUEVA CACERES.

Ateneo De Manila

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 30 November 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

ATENEO DE MANILA

THIS WAS THE SITE OF "ESCUELA PIA" TAKEN OVER BY THE JESUITS IN 1859 AND RENAMED "ATENEO MUNICIPAL DE MANILA" IN 1865. JOSE RIZAL RECEIVED FROM THIS SCHOOL, THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS ON MARCH 23, 1877. IN 1901 THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO "ATENEO DE MANILA." ON AUGUST 13, 1932, THE BUILDING TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL MUSEUM, LIBRARY, AND EQUIPMENT, WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE, AND THE CLASSES HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE "COLEGIO DE SAN JOSE" ON CALLE PADRE FAURA. THE PRESENT BUILDING, TO WHICH THE ATENEO GRADE SCHOOL RETURNED IN JUNE, 1940, WAS BLESSED ON DECEMBER 15, 1940.

Beaterio

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

BEATERIO

RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION CANONICALLY APPROVED BY THE HOLY SEE MARCH 24, 1931, UNDER THE NAME OF CONGREGACION DE RELIGIOSAS DE LA VIRGEN MARIA AND POPULARLY KNOWN AS BEATERIO DE LA CAMPANIA SINCE ITS FOUNDATION IN 1694 BY IGNACIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO, A NATIVE OF BINONDO.

Franciscan Church

Location: Intramuros, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Marker text:

FRANCISCAN CHURCH

FIRST CHAPEL CONSTRUCTED OF NIPA AND BAMBOO IN 1577: DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1583. BUILT OF VOLCANIC TUFF IN 1602. LAYING OF THE CORNERSTONE OF THE PRESENT CHURCH, NOVEMBER 5, 1739, BY GOVERNOR GASPAR DE LA TORRE. BELFRY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKES OF 1824.

University of Santo Tomas (Main Building)

NHCP Photo Collection, 2013

NHCP Photo Collection, 2013

Location: UST Main Building, University of Santo Tomas Campus, España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: School building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

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. THIS BUILDING DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF REV. ROQUE RUAÑO, O.P., WAS SOLEMNLY INAUGURATED ON JULY 2, 1927.

Church of Sampaloc

© Urbanroamer/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 4.0

© Ryomaandres/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0

Location: Sampaloc, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II: Historical marker

Date of marker unveiling: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF SAMPALOC

SITE DONATED TO THE FRANCISCANS IN 1613 BY PEDRO DE CHAVES. FIRST CHAPEL BUILT IN HONOR OF OUR LADY OF LORETO IN 1613 AND SET ON FIRE DURING THE CHINESE UPRISING OF 1639. SECOND CHAPEL BUILT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ANDRES DE PUERTELLANO O.F.M. PRESENT CHURCH BUILT IN 1666 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FRANCISCO DE SANTA CATALINA O.F.M. ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONVENT OF SAMPALOC, THERE FUNCTIONED HERE FROM 1692 TO 1808 ONE OF THE BEST PRINTING PRESSES OF MANILA.

Asilo Of San Vicente De Paul

Location: Asilo de San Vicente de Paul, 1148 United Nations Avenue, Paco, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Building, Orphanage
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

ASILO OF SAN VICENTE DE PAUL

THE GROUND AND COLLEGE WERE DONATED TO THE SISTERS OF CHARITY FOR THE EDUCATION OF POOR GIRLS BY SOR ASUNCION VENTURA, A NATIVE OF PAMPANGA, HERSELF A SISTER OF CHARITY. THE INSTITUTION WAS INAUGURATED ON JULY 26, 1885 AND GAINED GREAT DISTINCTION FOR THE DESIGN AND EXCELLENCE OF ITS EMBROIDERY AND NEEDLEWORK.

Church of San Vicente de Paul

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

NHCP Photo Collection, 2014

Location: Adamson University, 959 San Marcelino Street, Ermita, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH OF SAN VICENTE DE PAUL

THE CHAPEL BUILT HERE IN 1883 WAS USED AS PARISH CHURCH OF PACO FROM 1898 TO 1909. PARISH OF SAN VICENTE DE PAUL ERECTED IN 1909. PRESENT CHURCH BUILT OF CONCRETE IN 1912 TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE VINCENTIANS AND SISTERS OF CHARITY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Botanical Garden*

Photos from TNL Rare Books Section

Location: Ermita, Manila (NCR)

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Garden

Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark

Legal Basis: Resolution No. 8, S. 2002

Declaration date: 2002
Declared by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker date: 29 March 1935

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

BOTANICAL GARDEN

BOTANICAL GARDEN ESTABLISHED 1850 BY GOVERNOR FERNANDO NORZAGARAY IN THIS SECTION OF ARROCEROS AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF MANILA. WALLS OF THE GARDEN WERE NAMED FOR PROMINENT FILIPINO AND FOREIGN SCIENTISTS.