National Registry of Historic Sites and Structures

Location: Tacloban City, Leyte
Category: Buildings/Structures
Type: House
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date: 1950
Installed By: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)

PROVISIONAL CAPITOL

CONSTRUCTED, 1910, AND ENLARGED, 1936. THIS EDIFICE, OWNED BY MR. AND MRS. WALTER S. PRICE, SHELTERED GEN. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, WHO ESCAPED INJURY, 20 OCTOBER 1944, WHEN JAPANESE BOMB PENETRATED THE ROOF OVER HIS ROOM. SERVED AS PROVISIONAL CAPITOL 20–23 OCTOBER 1944, UPON THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, FOR PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMEÑA.

Tags: 1950, Buildings/Structures, Douglas MacArthur, House, Level II, Leyte, Provisional Capitol, Region VIII, Sergio Osmeña

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