MacArthur HQ and Philippines Provisional Capital Building 1944 Marker
Details:
Located at the exterior to the Price mansion (CAP Building).
A Philippines black metal Historic Marker.
The Price mansion, was the residence of Walter Scott Price,a Spanish-American War veteran, and his wife Simeona Kalingag, and their children in Tacloban City, Leyte. It also served as the headquarters and residence of General Douglas MacArthur during The Liberation in 1944 and once the Provisional Capitol of the Philippines. The Price Mansion is an example of American colonial homes popularly built in the 1910s.
Constructed in 1910 and enlarged in 1936, the Price Mansion served as Provisional Capitol from 20-23 October 1944 upon the reconstitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines for President Sergio Osmeña.
On October 20, 1944 the Japanese bomb penetrated the roof over General MacArthur’s room.The hole caused by the bombed was preserved and can still be seen today.
Acquired by the College Assurance Plan and made no major alterations to preserve its original architecture, it now houses the CAP Family of Companies, Victory Church, a law office, a school, the MacArthur Room, an Art Gallery, and a Conference Center.
Walter Scott Price is an American soldier and businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was part of the U.S. Army assigned to the Philippines at the onset of the Spanish-American War. During his stay in the Philippines, Price met and eventually married Simeona Kalingag, a Caviteña, on January 1, 1901. They settled in Tacloban City and founded the Leyte Transportation Company (Letranco) and the Bazar Gran Capitan.
On October 23, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur re-established the Philippine Commonwealth in Tacloban with Sergio Osmeña as President.
At that period in history, Tacloban was both the general headquarters of the liberation forces of the United Stated of America and the seat of government of the Philippine commonwealth.
Source: I Love Tacloban's Post Website
Monument Text:
Philippine Historical Marker:
PROVISIONAL CAPITOL
BUILT IN 1910; ENLARGED 1936.
THIS EDICAE OWNED BY MR. 7 MRS. WALTER S. PRICE,
SHELTERED GEN DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WHO ESCAPED
INJURY ON OCTOBER 20, 1944 WHEN A 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 OSMENA.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
43rd U.S. Volunteers
Philippine Army
South West Pacific Area (Command)
United States Army
United States Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE)
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
Spanish-American War
WWII
Battles:
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Leyte (1944-1945)
Pacific Theater
Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)