Bank of the Philippine Islands
The Bank of the Philippine Islands – Cebu Main branch building in Plaza Sugbo is a pre-war structure made of solid reinforced concrete. Designed by Architect Juan Arellano and built by Engineer Agustin Jereza in 1940, the building occupies a prime property that used to be a part of the plaza of the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño.
During the second World War, the Japanese Imperial Army occupied the building. Damaged and burned during the aerial bombings conducted by the United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), it was eventually restored. The same bank still operates in this building today.
The building is a national historical landmark and houses a museum.
November 26th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
[...] Philippines (NHCP) will inaugurate three national historical markers on December 2, 2010 for the Bank of the Philippine Islands Building in Magallanes Street, the University of the Philippines-Cebu College Administration Building in [...]
December 10th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
[...] Bank of the Philippine Islands – Cebu Main Branch located at Magallanes Street just within Plaza Sugbo will soon be home to a museum featuring some [...]
March 21st, 2012 at 11:17 pm
[...] an archaeologist from the University of San Carlos, and Carlos Apuhin, a senior manager of the Bank of the Philippine Islands who is also interested in [...]