Location: San Jose, Batangas (Region IV-A)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House of Worship
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1939
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
CHURCH OF SAN JOSE
THE FOUNDATION OF THIS TOWN, KNOWN FORMERLY AS MALAQUING TUBIG, DATES FROM 1765. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT BY THE FAMOUS BOTANIST, THE REV. MANUEL BLANCO, O.S.A., IN 1812. THE STONE BRIDGE OVER MALAQUING TUBIG WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE REV. BRUNO LAREDO, O.S.A.