Bank of the Philippine Islands

Location: Ayala Avenue, Makati City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1 August 2001

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

ANG UNANG BANGKO SA PILIPINAS NA ITINATAG SA PAMAMAGITAN NG KAUTUSAN NG REYNA ISABELA II NOONG AGOSTO 1, 1851. UNANG PINANGANLANG BANCO ESPANOL FILIPINO DE ISABEL II. PINALITAN NG PANGALANG BANCO ESPANOL FILIPINO NOONG 1869. BINIGYAN NG BAGONG PANGALANG "BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS" NOONG 1912. BUHAT SA HILAGANG KANLURANG BAHAGI NG BAGONG GUSALI NG ADWANA SA PORT AREA, INILIPAT ANG TANGGAPAN NITO SA PANULUKAN NG MGA DAANG CABILDO AT VICTORIA SA INTRAMUROS NOONG 1862; SA PLAZA CERVANTES, BINONDO, NOONG 1891; SA PANULUKAN NG MGA DAANG AYALA AT HERRERA SA MAKATI NOONG 1966 AT SA KASALUKUYANG KINATATAYUAN NITO NOONG ABRIL 1980.

UNANG BANGKONG OPISYAL NA BINIGYAN NG KAPANGYARIHANG MAGPALABAS NG UNANG PAPEL AT MAGPAKALAT NG UNANG SINSILYO; PAGTATALAGA NG MGA SANGAY; PAGTUSTOS SA UNANG LINGKURANG PAMPEROKARIL, UNANG TELEPONO AT UNANG "STEAMSHIP" SA BANSA.

Vuelo-Madrid-Manila

Location: Nichols Field, Makati City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: Unknown

Marker text:

VUELO-MADRID-MANILA

UNA ESCUADRILLA DE LA AVIACION ESPANOLA PILOTEADA POR LOS CAPLTANES ESTEVEZ, LORIGA Y GALLARZA, DESPEGO DE AEROPUERTO DE CUATRO VIENTOS DE MADRID EL 5 DE ABRIL DE 1926, ABRIENDO UNA NUEVA RUTA HACIA EL ORIENTE, Y ATERRIZO EN EL AERO-PUERTO DE NICHOLS EL 13 DE MAYO DE 1926, ESCOLTADA POR UNA ESCUADRILLA DE 12 AVIONES DEL EJERCITO AMERICANO Y RECIBIDA POR INGEN-TE MUCHEDUMBRE. "ESTE EPICA AVENTURA, QUE ACABAN DE EMPRENDER MIS HIJOS,' DIJO LA MADRE ESPANA A FILIPINAS - "TAMBIEN LA PUE-DEN REALIZAR LOS TUYOS." EN EFECTO, EL ANO 1936, LOS INTREPIDOS AVIADORES FILIPINOS ARNAIZ Y CALVO, DEVOLVIERON EN OSCULO DE AMOR A LA EGREGIA MADRE EN SU INOLVIDABLE VUELO MANILA-MADRID.

Smith, Bell & Co., Inc.

Location: Manila Polo Club, Makati City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: March 19, 1996

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

SMITH, BELL & CO., INC. 

FOUNDED AS A TRADING FIRM NAMED CONSTABLE, WOOD & COMPANY BY HENRY CONSTABLE AND ROBERT WOOD IN 1846. A SUBSIDIARY FIRM OF SMITH,  CONSTABLE AND COMPANY OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND. BECAME SMITH, BELL & COMPANY WITH THE ENTRANCE INTO THE FIRM OF JOHN KNOX SMITH AND LAWRENCE R. BELL IN 1853. WITH THE RAPID GROWTH OF ITS BUSINESS, IT PRACTICALLY ENGAGED IN EVERY BUSINESS ENDEAVOR AND BRANCHES WERE ESTABLISHED IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SINGAPORE IN 1859 AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. LATER, COLLABORATED WITH FILIPINO CAPITALISTS SPECIALLY IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRST MECHANICAL RICE MILLS AND FIRST SUGAR REFINERY IN THE ISLANDS. SUPPORTED THE CAUSE OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY BY SENDING FOOD PROVISIONS AND RIVER VESSELS TO FILIPINO REBELS. 

THIS MARKER IS DEDICATED TO ITS FOUNDERS FOR THEIR DEEP CONCERN AND CLOSE AFFINITIES WITH THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND THEIR IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AS WELL AS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO THROUGH 150 YEARS OF HARD WORK AND EFFORTS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS. 

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.

Ang Gusali ng Punonghimpilan sa Pagsasanay Militar ng Mamamayan sa Metropolitan Manila

Location: MTMTC, Makati City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: April 1, 1984

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

ANG GUSALI NG PUNONGHIMPILAN SA

PAGSASANAY MILITAR NG MAMAMAYAN

SA METROPOLITAN MANILA 

ITINAYO NG MGA AMERIKANO SA KANILANG MGA HUKBO, ANG GUSALING ITO ANG PUNONGHIMPILAN NG DEPARTAMENTO NG PILIPINAS, HUKBO NG ESTADOS UNIDOS SA PAMUMUNO NI HEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, 1928-1930. NASA ILALIM NG DEPARTAMENTONG ITO ANG 45TH AT 57TH PHILIPPINE SCOUTS, 31ST INFANTRY, HARBOR DEFENSE FORCES OF MANILA AT ANG 26TH CAVALRY SA KUTA STOTSENBERG, PAMPANGA. KILALANG MGA MAHAHALAGANG TAGA-PAGTANGGOL NG PILIPINAS NOONG PANAHON NG PANANAKOP NG MGA HAPONES. SA PAGHIHIWALAY NG HUKBONG KATIHAN NG PILIPINAS SA PAMAMAHALA NG PINUNO NG SLP, ITO'Y NAGING PUNONGHIMPILAN NG HKP NOONG 1957 AT NG PHILIPPINE DEFENSE FORCES KASAMA ANG EASTERN REGION FIELD FORCES NG SOUTH¬EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANIZATION, 1968-1970. GINAMIT BILANG PUNONGHIMPILAN NG PAGSASANAY MILITAR NG MAMAMAYAN SA METROPOLITAN MANILA SIMULA NOONG 1976.

Philippine Bar Association

Location: Makati City

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: June 26, 1992

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PHILIPPINE BAR ASSOCIATION 

KAUGNAY SA KASAYSAYANG PULITIKAL AT PAMBATAS NG BAYAN. KAHALILI NG COLEGIO DE ABOGADOS DE FILIPINAS NA ITINATAG NOONG 1891, PINAGTIBAY ANG MGA CANONS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, 1917. IMINUNGKAHI NI JOSE BAD SANTOS ANG PAGTATATAG NG COURT OF APPEALS (COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 3, PEBRERO 3, 1936) AT JUVENILE COURT, (REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1401, SETYEMBRE 9, 1955); GINAWANG KORPORASYON NOONG 1958; NAGSUMIKAP UPANG MAIGAWAD AND PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION BILANG 619 NOONG 1959, NA GINAWANG ARAW NG BATAS ANG IKA-19 NG SETYEMBRE TAUN-TAON. NAGTATAG NG “DISTINGUISHED AWARD FOR JUSTICE,” 1984; TAGAPAGTANGGOL NG MGA HUMAN RIGHTS NOONG KAPANAHUNAN NG BATAS MILITAR MULA 1972. PAGTATAGUYOD NG RULE OF LAW BILANG ISANG PANGUNAHING LAYUNIN. 

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.

Nielson Tower

NHCP Photo Collection 2023

NHCP Photo Collection 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Location: Nielson Tower, Ayala Triangle, Makati Avenue, Makati City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Building

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1996

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

NIELSON TOWER

IPINATAYO NOONG 1937 SA LUPAING PAG-AARI NG MGA AYALA AT CIA. ANG NIELSON TOWER AY NAGSILBING HIMPILANG PAMPASAHERO AT SENTRO NG PAMAMAHALA NG PALIPARANG NIELSON. GINAMIT MULA 1937 HANGGANG 1947. ANG PALIPARANG ITO ANG UNANG MAKABAGO AT KOMERSYAL NA PALIPARANG PANDAIGDIG SA BANSA AT SA MAGKAHIWALAY NA PANAHON, ITO AY NAGING PUNONG HIMPILAN NG KAPWA HUKBONG SANDATAHAN NG HAPON AT NG ESTADOS UNIDOS. SA MULING PAGSASAAYOS NG GUSALI, PINANATILI NG AYALA GROUP OF COMPANIES ANG ORIHINAL NA ARKITEKTURA NITO BAGO MAGKADIGMA UPANG MAGSILBING TAGAPAGPAGUNITA SA PANGUNGUNA NITO SA LARANGAN NG TRANSPORTASYON AT KOMUNIKASYON.

NGAYON, ANG GUSALING ITO ANG KINALALAGYAN NG FILIPINAS HERITAGE LIBRARY AT NAGSISILBING KAWING NG BANSA SA DAIGDIG SA PAMAMAGITAN NG UGNAYANG PANGKAALAMAN.

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.

Pio Isidro y Castañeda

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Location: 7335 J. Victor Street cor. E. Jacinto Street, Brgy. Pio del Pilar, Makati City

Category: Personages

Type: Biographical marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1983

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PIO ISIDRO Y CASTAÑEDA 

(1865–1931)

MAGSASAKA, MAKABAYAN AT KILALA SA PANGALANG HEN. PIO DEL PILAR. IPINANGANAK NOONG HULYO 11, 1865 SA KULI-KULI, SAN PEDRO MAKATI (NGAYO’Y PIO DEL PILAR, MAKATI, METRO MANILA). CABEZA DE BARANGAY NG KULI-KULI, 1890. ISA SA TAGAPAGTATAG AT KALIHIM NG “MAGTAGUMPAY”[,] SANGAY NG KATIPUNAN SA KULI-KULI AT NAKIPAGLABAN SA TULAY NG ZAPOTE[,] PEBRERO 17, 1897. SUMAKOP SA STA. ANA NOONG LABANANG PILIPINO–AMERIKANO AT NAKIPAGLABAN BILANG GERILYA SA BULACAN AT NUEVA ECIJA. NADAKIP SA LABANAN SA MORONG, RIZAL. IPINATAPON SA GUAM, HULYO 16, 1901, AT PINATAWAG, HULYO 4, 1902. NAMATAY NOONG HUNYO 21, 1931.

Dambana ng Banal na Krus

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

   

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

NHCP Photo Collection, 2023

Location: Holy Cross Parish Church, 211 J.P. Rizal Avenue, Brgy. Tejeros, Makati City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House of worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1991

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker Text:

DAMBANA NG BANAL NA KRUS

DATING KAPILYA NA YARI SA PAWID AT KAWAYAN NA IPINAGAWA NI MANUEL CADEDOC SA NAYON NG MATUNGAW (VIA-CRUCIS NGAYO’Y BARANGAY TEJEROS), 1882. INILIPAT SA KASALUKUYANG POOK, 1918. INAYOS AT IBINIGAY ANG PANGANGASIWA SA MGA PARING PRANSISKANO NG PAROKYA NG SANTA ANA DE SAPA, 1937; PAROKYA NG SAN PEDRO AT SAN PABLO, MAKATI, 1948. PINALAKI SA MAKABAGONG KAGAMITAN, BINASBASAN NG OBISPO HERNANDO ANTIPORDA SA KARANGALAN NG BANAL NA TRINIDAD AT IBINALIK SA PANGANGASIWA NG MGA PARING PRANSISKANO, 1965. INILIPAT SA MGA PARING CAMILLANO, 1976. NAGING ISANG GANAP NA PAROKYA NG BANAL NA KRUS, PEBRERO 24, 1982. INILAGAY ANG PANULUKANG BATO NG KANYANG KABUNYIAN JAIME CARDINAL SIN, MAYO 28, 1984. ANG SIMBAHANG ITO AY IPINAGAWA SA PAMAMAHALA NG UNANG LINGKOD-PARI, P. ANDREW GALICIA FABIO, SEKULAR.

Makati

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Location: Old Makati City Hall Building, J. P. Rizal Avenue cor. Angono Street, Makati

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Town

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 11 November 1991

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

MAKATI

DATING SA[N] PEDRO MAKATI (SAMPIRO), ISANG VISITA NG STA. ANA DE SAPA, NOONG 1578. IPINAGKALOOB BILANG ENCOMIENDA KAY KAPITAN PEDRO DE BRITO, 1608; NAGING BAYAN, 1670. ISINAMA SA LALAWIGAN NG RIZAL SA PAMAMAGITAN NG BATAS BLG. 137, HUNYO 11, 1901. PINANGANLANG MAKATI SA PAMAMAGITAN NG BATAS BLG. 2390, 1914. ISINAMA SA KALAKHANG MAYNILA SA BISA NG KAUTUSANG PAMPANGASIWAAN BLG. 400, ENERO 1, 1942; IBINALIK BILANG BAYAN NG RIZAL, 1945. MULING NAGING BAHAGI NG KALAKHANG MAYNILA SA ILALIM NG KAUTUSANG PAMPANGLUHAN BLG. 940, MAYO 29, 1976.

Dental Profession in the Philippines

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

Location: Ayala Avenue Extension cor. Kamagong Street, Makati

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1961

Marker text:

DENTAL PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES

IN 1850 PROFESSIONAL DENTISTRY BEGAN IN THE PHILIPPINES WHEN M. FERTRI, A FRENCH DENTIST FROM HONGKONG, ESTABLISHED A CLINIC IN MANILA AT CORNER BARBOSA AND R. HIDALGO, QUIAPO, FIRST FILIPINO TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY WAS JOSE ARVEALO, BETTER KNOWN AS CAPITAN CHENCHENG, 1852; HIS DAUGHTER CATALINA AREVALO MEJIA WAS FIRST FILIPINO WOMAN DENTIST. FIRST DENTAL ASSOCIATION, SOCIEDAD DENTAL DE FILIPINAS, ORGANIZED AT CORNER ESCOLTA AND SODA, MANILA, BY SEVERAL DENTISTS HEADED BY DR. G.R. MATEO AND INAUGURATED FEBRUARY 1908; FIRST RECOGNIZED DENTAL COLLEGE, COLEGIO DENTAL DEL LICEO DE MANILA, 12 JUNE 1912, LATER RENAMED PHILIPPINE DENTAL COLLEGE; FIRST DENTAL PUBLICATION, JOURNAL OF THE PHILIPPINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION PUBLISHED JANUARY 1948.

COMPLIMENTS OF DR. G. ERAÑA

Philippine Dental Association

NHCP Photo Collection, 2021

Location: Ayala Avenue Extension cor. Kamagong Street, Makati

Category: Association/Institution/Organization 

Type: Institutional marker

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 2008

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text:

PHILIPPINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION

UMIRAL ANG PAGDEDENTISTA SA PILIPINAS SA PANAHONG PREKOLONYAL AYON SA EBIDENSYANG ARKEOLOHIKAL. ITINURO BILANG BAHAGI NG EDUKASYONG MEDIKAL SA PANAHON NG MGA ESPANYOL. ITINATAG BILANG ISANG LEGAL NA PROPESYON, 10 ENERO 1903. BINUO ANG UNANG KALUPUNAN NG MGA TAGASULIT DR. ROBERT T. OLIVER, UNANG PANGULO. ITINATAG ANG SOCIEDAD DENTAL DE FILIPINAS UPANG ITAAS ANG ANTAS NG PROPESYONG DENTAL, ESCOLTA, MANILA, 11 HULYO 1908; DR. BONIFACIO AREVALO, UNANG PANGULO. ITINATAG ANG NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION, 1925; DR. FRANCISCO TECSON, UNANG PANGULO. PINAG-ISA ANG DALAWANG SAMAHAN AT NAGING PHILIPPINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION, 12 AGOSTO 1945; DR. JOAQUIN C. LADAO, UNANG PANGULO. PINASINAYAAN, 7 SETYEMBRE 1945.

Church and Monastery of Guadalupe

Location: Nuestra Señora de Gracia Church, 7440 Bernardino Street, Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1937

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

CHURCH AND MONASTERY OF GUADALUPE

THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS CHURCH AND MONASTERY OF THE AUGUSTINIAN ORDER WERE LAID IN 1601 AND CONSTRUCTION WORK WAS FINISHED IN 1629. NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUADALUPE WAS CHOSEN TITULAR PATRONESS IN 1603. AFTER THE CHINESE UPRISING OF 1639 THIS SANCTUARY SERVED AS A SEAT OF DEVOTION FOR THE CHINESE. THE BUILDINGS WITHSTOOD THE EARTHQUAKES OF 1645, 1658, 1754 AND 1863; THE MASONRY ROOF OF THE CHURCH COLLAPSED IN THE EARTHQUAKES OF 1880 AND THE STRUCTURE WAS REBUILT IN 1882 BY REV. JOSE CORUJEDO, O.S.A. SITE OF AN ORPHAN ASYLUM AND TRADE SCHOOL ADMINISTERED BY THE AUGUSTINIAN ORDER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN OF THE VICTIMS OF THE CHOLERA OF 1882. BOTH CHURCH AND MONASTERY WERE GUTTED BY FIRE IN FEBRUARY, 1899, DURING THE EARLY SKIRMISHES BETWEEN AMERICANS AND FILIPINOS.

San Pedro Macati

Location: San Pedro, Makati City (Region NCR)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship

Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 1937

Installed by: Historical Research and Markers Committee

Marker text:

SAN PEDRO MACATI

THE FRANCISCANS WERE THE FIRST MISSIONARIES HERE IN 1578. THE JESUITS BUILT THIS CHURCH IN 1620 AND ADMINISTERED IT UNTIL 1768..ADJOINING WERE THE NOVITIATE FOR THE JESUITS AND A HOUSE OF RETREAT. BOTH THE CHURCH AND NOVITIATE WERE DEDICATED TO SAN PEDRO IN MEMORY OF THE REV. PEDRO DE LOS MONTES, BUILDER OF THE CHURCH AND OF CAPTAIN PEDRO DE BRITTO, REGIDOR OF MANILA, WHO DONATED THE SITE CALLED BUENAVISTA IN 1607 AND ENDOWED THE NOVITIATE.