Provisional Capitol historical marker
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.
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