Army and Navy Club Building

Location: South Boulevard, Manila (NCR)
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Clubhouse
Status: Level I- National Historical Landmark
Legal basis: Resolution No. 2, s. 1991
Marker date: 2018
Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
Formally unveiled: 30 December 2020

GUSALING ARMY AND NAVY CLUB

DINISENYO NI WILLIAM E. PARSONS BILANG BAHAGI NG BALANGKAS NI DANIEL BURNHAM PARA SA LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA. PINASINAYAAN, 19 ABRIL 1911. NAGSILBING CLUBHOUSE NG SAMAHANG PANG-HUKBONG KATIHAN AT PANDAGAT NG MAYNILA (ARMY AND NAVY CLUB OF MAYNILA) MULA 1911–1942 AT 1946–1980. MATINDING NAPINSALA NOONG LABANAN SA MAYNILA, 1945. MULING ISINAAYOS SA PAGTUTULUNGAN NG U.S. ARMY ENGINEERING CORPS AT U.S. NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALLION (SEABEES), 1945. IPINAHAYAG NA PAMBANSANG PALATANDAANG MAKASAYSAYAN, 26 ABRIL 1991. MULING ISINAAYOS, 2014–2017. PINASINAYAAN BILANG RIZAL PARK HOTEL NI PANGULONG RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, 26 HULYO 2017.

Marker text (English):
ARMY AND NAVY CLUB BUILDING

DESIGNED BY WILLIAM E. PARSONS AS PART OF DANIEL BURNHAM’S PLAN FOR THE CITY OF MANILA. INAUGURATED, 19 APRIL 1911. SERVED AS THE CLUBHOUSE OF THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB OF MANILA, 1911–1942 AND 1946–1980. SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE DURING THE BATTLE FOR MANILA, 1945. RECONSTRUCTED THROUGH THE JOINT EFFORT OF THE U.S. ARMY ENGINEERING CORPS AND U.S. NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALLION (SEABEES), 1945. DECLARED A NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK, 26 APRIL 1991. UNDERWENT REHABILITATION, 2014–2017. INAUGURATED AS THE RIZAL PARK HOTEL BY PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, 26 JULY 2017.