Location:Sta. Cruz, Manila
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Commercial building
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1959
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
MONTE DE PIEDAD AND SAVINGS BANK
OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN THE PHILIPPINES. FOUNDED BY FR. FELIX HUERTAS (DE HUERTA) OF THE FRANCISCAN ORDER WITH THE FUNDS OF THE OBRAS PIAS. INAUGURATED 2 AUGUST 1882. ORIGINALLY LOCATED AT THE GROUND FLOOR OF SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE, CORNER OF ARZOBISPO AND ANDA STREETS, INTRAMUROS. TRANSFERRED TO MONTE DE PIEDAD BUILDING (NOW ROMAN SANTOS BUILDING) PLAZA GOITI, 1894. PRESIDENT MANUEL L. QUEZON WAS AT ONE TIME EMPLOYED AS CLERK. MOVED TO PRESENT SITE 1938. EDIFICE DESTROYED DURING LIBERATION OF MANILA 1945. REBUILT 1946 AND RESUMED OPERATION 1947. ADMINISTERED BY ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA UNTIL 1949 WHEN IT WAS INCORPORATED. PATRON SAINT IS SANTO CRISTO DEL TESORO, WHOSE FEAST DAY IS CELEBRATED 14TH SEPTEMBER.
