Fort San Antonio Abad

NHCP Photo Collection, 1937

Location: Manila

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: Structure, Fortification

Status: Level II – Historical marker

Marker Date: 1937

Installed By: Historical Research and Markers Committee

FORT SAN ANTONIO ABAD

THE ORIGIN OF THIS FORT DATES FROM 1584. IT WAS CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH IN 1762 AND REBUILT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, WHEN IT WAS CALLED LA POLVERISTA BECAUSE IT WAS USED AS POWDER MAGAZINE. THE FIRST BATTALION OF THE FIRST COLORADO REGIMENT, UNDER THE COMMAND OF LT. COL. MCCOY, TOOK POSSESSION OF THIS FORT AND HOISTED THE AMERICAN FLAG OVER IT ON AUGUST 13, 1898.

Tags: 1937, Buildings/Structures, Fort San Antonio Abad, Fortification, Level II, Manila, Metro Manila, Region NCR