National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures

Location: Vigan, Ilocos Sur
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: Building
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 1949
Installed By: Philippine Historical Committee (PHC)

GREGORIA M. RIVERA MEMORIAL LIBRARY

THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE THE MUNICIPAL JAIL, 1657; MADE PROVINCIAL JAIL WHEN ILOCOS SUR BECAME A PROVINCE, 1818; REPAIRED, 1855; SEIZED BY THE REVOLUTIONISTS UNDER COL. JUAN VILLAMOR, 1898; TAKEN OVER BY THE AMERICAN FORCES WHO DETAINED IN IT THE POLITICAL LEADERS, MENA CRISOLOGO, ESTANISLAO REYES AND ENRIQUE QUEMA, 1899. PRESIDENT ELPIDIO QUIRINO WAS BORN IN THIS BUILDING 16 NOVEMBER 1890, WHEN HIS FATHER WAS THE WARDEN. CONVERTED INTO A LIBRARY, 27 OCTOBER 1948, IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT QUIRINO’S MOTHER, GREGORIA RIVERA MENDOZA DE QUIRINO.

Tags: 1949, Buildings/Structures, Elpidio Quirino, Gregoria M. Rivera Memorial Library, Ilocos Sur, Level II, No photo available, Region I, Vigan

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