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.