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The post office, circa pre-1930 An aerial view of the post office, 1932. Manila's first post office was established in 1767. During the early years of the American occupation, the Philippine Commission created the Bureau of Posts, which later became the Philippine Postal Corporation, through Act No. 462 issued on September 15, 1902.
Historical marker installed at the Manila Central Post Office in 1994. The Philippine postal system has a history spanning over 250 years. In 1767, the first post office in the Philippines was established in the city of Manila, which was later organized under a new postal district of Spain. [4]
1926 – The Manila Central Post Office was built in its present neo-classic architecture; 1946 – The Manila Central Post Office was re-built; 1992 – The Postal Service became a government-owned and controlled corporation under its present name the Philippine Postal Corporation by Virtue of R.A.7354, the Postal Service Act of 1992;
The Manila Central Post Office was one of the capital’s busiest office bu. A massive fire tore through Manila’s historic post office building overnight, slightly injuring seven people and ...
Juan Marcos Arellano y de Guzmán (April 25, 1888 – December 5, 1960), or Juan M. Arellano, was a Filipino architect, best known for Manila's Metropolitan Theater (1935), Legislative Building (1926; now houses the National Museum of Fine Arts), the Manila Central Post Office Building (1926), the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (1934), the Central Student Church (today known as the Central ...
English: 86-year-old Manila Central Post Office is the central post office of the city of Manila, Philippines. It is the head office of the Philippine Postal Corporation, and houses the country's main mail sorting-distribution operations. Designed by Juan M. Arellano, the post office building was built in neoclassical architecture in 1926.[1]
Philippine Post Office: Building Post Office Primary postal service building of the Philippines. Established as Manila Post Office in 1767. Manila Post Office Building, Liwasang Bonifacio: Filipino June 2, 1994 Philippine School of Arts and Trades: Established in 1901. Moved to present site in 1916. Destroyed during WWII and rehabilitated in 1951.
English: Historical marker created by the Philippines' National Historical Institute in 1994 to commemorate the Manila Central Post Office and the Philippine Postal Corporation Date Taken on 27 March 2013, 16:11 (according to Exif data)