NHCP Photo Collection, 2009
Pagsanjan Municipal Building
Location:
Pagsanjan, Laguna (Region IV-A)
Category:
Buildings/Structures
Type: Government Center
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1956
Installed By:
National Historical Commission (NHC)
PAGSANJAN MUNICIPAL BUILDING
ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND HOUSED THE “TRIBUNAL DEL GREMIO DE NATURALES”; OCCUPIED BY THE FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY FORCES IN 1898 AND BY THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN 1899–1903; SERVED AS THE FIRST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN LAGUNA 1903–1907; HOUSED THE MUNICIPAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNTIL 1911; LATER BECAME THE SEAT OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT. DESTROYED ON 20 MARCH 1945; REHABILITATED AND RECONSTRUCTED IN 1951 AND COMPLETED IN 1955.
