Aserradora Mecanica de Tuason Y Sampedro

Location: Globo de Oro corner Gunao Streets, Quiapo, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ASERRADORA MECANICA DE TUASON Y SAMPEDRO

EN 1880 DON MARIANO SEVERO TUASON Y DON MIGUEL GARCIA SAMPEDRO FUNDAN LA SOCIEDAD MERCANTIL TUASON Y SAMPEDRO, LA QUE MONTA Y OPERA PRIMERA SIERRA MECANICA EN MANILA EN SU ACTUAL LOCAL CALLE GLOBO DE ORO, NUM 802-817, QUIAPO. CONTRIBUYEN A LA EXPANSION DE LA INDUSTRIA MADERERA DE PAIS ESTABLICIENDO CORTES DE MADERAS EN CAGAYAN, ISABELA, MINDORO Y MINDANAO. DISPENSA TRATO JUSTO Y EQUITATIVO A SUS NUMEROSOS OBREROS.

United Nations Plaza

Location: U.N. Avenue, Ermita, Manila

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

UNITED NATIONS PLAZA

DEDICATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS BY THE CITY OF MANILA. ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, 10 JULY 1951, THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG WAS RAISED HERE BY TWO VETERANS WOUNDED IN THE KOREAN WAR, T/S NICOMEDES GUMACAY AND PFC. MARCELINO CARABALLO, TENTH BATALLION COMBAT TEAM, ASSISTED BY SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CARLOS P. ROMULO, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Orosa Memorial Building

NHCP Photo Collection, 2026

NHCP Photo Collection, 2026

NHCP Photo Collection, 2026

Location: California Street, Malate, Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Marker text:

OROSA MEMORIAL BUILDING

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MARIA YLAGAN OROSA (1892-1945), PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMIST, HOME ECONOMIST, HUMANITARIAN, ORGANIZER OF THE GOVERNMENT'S HOME EXTENSION SERVICE, GUERRILLA WORKER. DIED IN LINE OF DUTY, 13 FEBRUARY 1945.

Ayala y Compañia

Location: Ayala Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

AYALA Y COMPAÑIA

FUNDADA EN 1834 POR DON ANTONIO DE AYALA Y DON DOMINGO ROXAS EN EL LOCAL DE AYALA Y COMPAÑIA, SITUADA EN EL NUMERO 630, DE CALLE ECHAGUE. LA CASA COMERCIAL MAS ANTIGUA, DE ORIGEN ESPAÑOL, EN FILIPINAS. ENTRESUS NUMEROSAS EMPRESAS COMERCIALES E INDUSTRIALES QUE CONTRIBUYÊN AL DESAROLLO ECONOMICO DEL PAIS, SE INCLUYEN HACIENDAS AGRICOLAS, TERREROS URBANOS, DESTILLERIAS DE ALCOHOL, MINAS DE CARBON, INDUSTRIA DE AÑIL, FABRICAS DE SANGRE Y DE VAPOR, CENTRALES AZUCARERAS, COMPAÑIAS DE SEGUROS, ETC.

Elizalde y Compañia (Sucesores de Ynchausti y Compañia)

Location: Elizalde Building, Ayala Avenue, Makati City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ELIZALDE Y COMPAÑIA

(SUCESORES DE YNCHAUSTI Y COMPAÑIA)

CASA SOLARIEGA FUNDADA EN 1854 POR LOS SEÑORES J. YNCHAUSTI, J. ELIZALDE Y. V. TEUS. SU EXTENSION Y AUGE DE DEBEN A EXCELENTE ORGANIZACION MERCANTIL-INDUSTRIAL; MERECIO EL RECONOCIMIENTO DEL GOBIERNO EN 1936, QUE LE OTORGO EL TITULO DE "PATRONO MODEL DE FILIPINAS." SUS CONTRIBUCIONES AL PROGRESO ECONOMICO PAIS SON; CONSTRUCCION DE UN PUENTE COLGANTE A TRAVES DEL RIO PASIG, OPERACION VAPORES. FABRICA DE JARCIAS DE ABACA, PINTURAS YCA, CENTRALES AZUCARERAS. HACIENDA DE CAÑA-DULCE, TERRENOS ABACALEROS, CORTE MADERAS, MINAS DE HIERRO, GANADERIA, SIEMBREA DE LUMBANG Y METROPOLITAN INSURANCE COMPANY.

Roque B. Ablan 1906-1943

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

NHCP Photo Collection, 2006

Location: Governor Roque B. Ablan, Sr. Shrine, A. Bonifacio Street, Laoag, Ilocos Norte

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

ROQUE B. ABLAN

1906 -1943

NEWSPAPERMAN, LAWYER, SOCIAL WORKER, LABOR LEADER: AS PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF ILOCOS NORTE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II, ORGANIZED A LOCAL RESISTANCE GOVERNMENT; FOUGHT THE INVADERS VALIANTLY UNTIL HIS DISAPPEARANCE IN 1943.

Lapulapu

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

NHCP Photo Collection, 2018

Location: Liberty Shrine, Punta Engaño Road, Mactan, Lapu-Lapu City

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

LAPULAPU

HERE, ON 27 APRIL 1521, LAPULAPU AND HIS MEN REPULSED THE SPANISH INVADERS, KILLING THEIR LEADER, FERDINAND MAGELLAN. THUS LAPULAPU BECAME THE FIRST FILIPINO TO HAVE REPELLED EUROPEAN AGGRESSION.

The Insular Life Assurance Company, Ltd.

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Location: Ayala Triangle, Makati Avenue, Makati City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization

Type: Company

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

THE INSULAR LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

THE FIRST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ORGANIZED BY FILIPINOS, NOVEMBER 25, 1910, WITH ORIGINAL QUARTERS LOCATED ON ECHAGUE STREET. ALSO THE FIRST FILIPINO INSURANCE COMPANY TO OPERATE OUTSIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES BY ESTABLISHING A HAWAIIAN BRANCH. THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COMPANY HAS BEEN HELD BY ANTONIO MA. BARRETTO, TEODORO P. YANG, VICENTE SINGSON ENCARNACION, ALFONSO ZOBEL DE AYALA, AND JOSEPH R. MCMICKING.

Compañia General de Tabacos de Filipinas

Location: Tabacalera Building, 900 D. Romualdez Street, Paco, Manila

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

COMPAÑIA GENERAL DE TABACOS DE FILIPINAS

FUNDADA POR EL MARQUÉS DE COMILLAS, EN 1881, PARA FOMENTAR LA AGRICULTURA, INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO DE FILIPINAS. DESEMPEÑÓ PAPEL IMPORTANTE EN EL DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO DEL PAÍS. NOTABLE POR SU TRATO EQUITATIVO A LOS OBREROS. LA RECONSTRUCCIÓN DE SU EDIFICIO CENTRAL, DESTRUÍDO DURANTE LA SEGUNDA GUERRA MUNDIAL, SIMBOLIZA EL RESURGIMIENTO DE LA COMPAÑÍA COMO FACTOR PRIMORDIAL EN EL DESENVOLVIMIENTO DEL PAÍS. ORGANIZÓ LA MÁS GRANDE COLECCIÓN FILIPINIANA QUE EL GOBIERNO FILIPINO HABÍA ADQUIRIDO. PUBLICÓ LAS MÁS EXTENSIVA BIBLIOGRAFÍA FILIPINO, COLECCIÓN GENERAL DE DOCUMENTOS RELATIVOS A LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS Y UN CATALOGO DE LA MISMA.

Penyaranda

Location: Peñaranda Municipal Hall, Brgy. Sinasajan, Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

PENYARANDA

SA PAMAMAGITAN NG KAUTUSÁN NG GOBERNADOR HENERÁL NOONG 1851, ANG NAYONG MAPISONG NG GAPÁNG AY NAGÍNG MUNISIPYO NG PENYARANDA BILANG PARANGÁL KAY JOSÉ MARÍA PEÑARANDA, INHINYERO SIBIL. ANG MGA UNANG ALKALDE SA ILALIM NG IBÁ IBÁNG PAMAMAHALA: BASILIO PADILLA, 1851, PANAHON NG KASTILA; PONCIANO ABESAMIS, 1898–1899, REPÚBLIKÁ PILIPINA; AMBROSIO LEGASPI, 1900, PANAHÓN NG AMERIKANO; CASIANO M. ABES, 1935, KOMONWELT; CASIANO M. ABES, 1945, PAGKÁPALAYA; AQUILINO H. ABERIN, 1946, REPÚBLIKA NG PILIPINAS; AMADO B. RAMOS, KASALUKUYANG ALKALDE.

Simbahan ng Penyaranda

© Ramon FVelasquez/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY-SA 3.0

© Judgefloro/Wikimedia Commons

Location: Peñaranda, Nueva Ecija

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Date of marker unveiling: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

SIMBAHAN NG PENYARANDA

ITINAYO NOONG 1869 NI P. FLORENTINO SAMONTE; IPINAGPATULOY NI P. ISIDORO PRADA ANG PAGPAPAGAWA, 1873–1875, AT NI P CANDIDO SAN MIGUEL 1879–1881; AT TINAPOS NI P. SANTOS VEGA, 1887–1889. ANG KUMBENTO NA YARI SA TISA AT KAHOY AY ITINAYO NI P. VALENTIN GATO DE LA FUENTE, 1889–1891. ANG UNANG SIMBAHAN AY MAY ATIP NA KUGON AT PADER NA BATO NA ITINAYO NI P. ALVARO CALLEJA.

Tagaytay Ridge Landing

NHCP Photo Collection, 2015

NHCP Photo Collection, 2015

NHCP Photo Collection, 2015

Location: Tagaytay, Cavite

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

TAGAYTAY RIDGE LANDING

SITE OF THE FIRST PARACHUTE LANDING IN THE PHILIPPINES EXECUTED BY THE 511TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, 8TH ARMY, USA, UNDER LT. GEN. ROBERT EICHELBERGER, WITH MAJ. JOHN P. M. SWING, CG., 3 FEBRUARY 1945.

Republica de Negros

Location: Bago City, Negros Occidental
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II - With Marker
Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

REPUBLICA DE NEGROS

IN THIS PLAZA OF BAGO WAS PROCLAIMED THE REPUBLICA DE NEGROS BY THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES LED BY GENERAL JUAN ANACLETO ARANETA, 5 NOVEMBER 1898. WITNESSED BY ANANIAS DIOKNO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CENTRAL REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT. THIS REPUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGED THE AUTHORITY OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC UNDER EMILIO AGUINALDO.

Intramuros and its Walls*

NHCP Photo Collection,2010

NHCP Photo Collection,2010

NHCP Photo Collection,2010

Location: Intramuros, Manila (Region NCR)
Category: Structure
Type: Fortification
Status: Level I- National Historical Monuments

Legal basis: Republic Act 597, Republic Act 1818 and P.D. 1616

Declaration dates: 1951, 1957, 1979

Rizal Shrine Calamba*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2011

NHCP Photo Collection, 2011

NHCP Photo Collection, 2011

Location: Rizal Shrine, Jose Rizal Street, Calamba, Laguna
Category: Buildings/Structure
Type: Building, NHCP Museum
Status: Level I- National Shrine

Link to the museum: Museo ni Jose Rizal, Calamba

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

BIRTHPLACE OF JOSE RIZAL

RESTORED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 145 OF PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO WITH FUNDS MAINLY CONTRIBUTED BY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF THE PHILIPPINES. INAUGURATED, 1950. ARCHITECT: JUAN F. NAKPIL.

Mansion House

NHCP Photo Collection, 2010

NHCP Collection. 2010

Location: The Mansion, V.L. Romulo Drive, Baguio City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1951

Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

Marker text:

MANSION HOUSE

CONSTRUCTED 1908 AS THE SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNORS-GENERAL AND LATER THE RESIDENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. DESTROYED DURING THE BATTLE FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1945; RECONSTRUCTED AND IMPROVED, 1947. SEAT OF THE SECOND SESSION OF ECONOMIC COMMISSION OF ASIA AND THE FAR EAST (ECAFE), 1947; THE SECOND SESSION OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), 1948; AND THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIA UNION (SEAU) POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE BAGUIO CONFERENCE OF 1950, CONCEIVED AND CONVENED BY PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO.

Mansion Syquia

NHCP Photo Collection, 2005

NHCP Photo Collection, 2007

Location: Vigan, Ilocos Sur (Region I)

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1951

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

MANSION SYQUIA

CONSTRUIDA EN 1830 POR DON JUSTO ANGCO Y DADA EN DOTE A SU HIJA, ESTEFANIA. AL CASARSE CON GREGORIO R. SYQUIA POR EL GOBIERNO ESPANOL CON LAS ENCOMIENDAS DE ISABEL LA CATOLICA Y CARLOS III. FUE CASA SOLARIEGA DE DON TOMAS SYQUIA, PADRE DE DONA ALICIA, QUE VINO A SER ESPOSA, DEL PRESIDENTE ELPIDIO QUIRINO, ENTONCES REPRE5ENTANTE, PRIMER DISTRITO DE ILOCOS SUR, Y EN 1921, RESIDENCIA DE LOS ESPOSOS QUIRINO-SYQUIA.