Location: Santa Isabel College Manila, 210 Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila
Category: Association/Institution/Organization
Type: Institutional marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: September 14, 1947
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
SANTA ISABEL COLLEGE
FOUNDED BY THE HERMANDAD DE LA MISERICORDIA, 1594 MAINLY FOR THE SUPPORT AND EDUCATION OF SPANISH ORPHAN GIRLS. FORMALLY ORGANIZED INTO A COLLEGE, 1632. CHURCH ADJOINING COLLEGE IN INTRAMUROS USED AS CATHEDRAL WHILE METROPOLITAN CHURCH WAS UNDER REPAIR. BOTH COLLEGE AND CHURCH GREATLY DAMAGED BY EARTHQUAKE JUNE 3, 1863; COLLEGE PARTLY DESTROYED BY FIRE AUGUST 13, 1932. TOTALLY DESTROYED IN THE BATTLE FOR THE LIBERATION OF MANILA, FEBRUARY 7, 1945. PRESENT COLLEGE TRANSFERRED TO THIS SITE, JUNE 1, 1946.
MARKER BLESSED AND UNVEILED ON FEAST OF SANTO CRISTO DEL TESORO, SEPT. 14, 1947.
