Fort San Antonio Abad
Location:
BSP Grounds, FB Harrison St. cor. Vito Cruz, Malate, Manila (NCR)
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.
