This list of historical markers installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) is an annotated list of people, places, or events in the region that have been commemorated by cast-iron plaques issued by the said commission. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed in publicly visible locations on buildings, monuments, or in special locations.
While many Cultural Properties have historical markers installed, not all places marked with historical markers are designated into one of the particular categories of Cultural Properties.
The first historical marker in the Ilocano language was unveiled in 2009 for the Mansion House, Baguio.
For former NHCP Chairperson Maria Serena Diokno, the presence of the historical marker affirmed the historical significance of the City Hall site in Baguio against alterations on the said site under the National Cultural Heritage Act. The historicity was affirmed despite the lack of resolutions or consultations regarding the historical significance of the site. [1]
This article lists thirty (30) markers from the Cordillera Administrative Region.
This article lists three (3) markers from the Province of Abra.
Marker title | English Translation | Category | Type | Description | Location | Language | Date Issued | Image |
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Ignacio Villamor y Borbon | Jurist, author, and educator. President of the University of the Philippines in 1915. | Bangued | Filipino | February 23, 1983 | ||||
Quintin Paredes (1884–1973) | Personage | Personage | Lawyer and statesman. Served as senate president from March–April 1952. | Quintin Paredes Ancestral House, Bangued | Filipino | February 23, 2013 | ||
Society of the Divine Word | Established its first Philippine mission in Bario Cagutungan (now San Isidro) on August 23, 1909 | Tayum | Filipino |
This article lists no markers from the Province of Apayao.
This article lists nineteen (19) markers from the Province of Benguet.
Marker title | English Translation | Category | Type | Description | Location | Language | Date Issued | Image |
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Baguio City Hall | Building/Structures | Government Center | First built in 1910 under E.W. Reynolds, the first mayor of the city. Where the Japanese flag was flown on December 27, 1941 to signal their occupation. | Baguio City Hall, Baguio | Filipino | September 2, 2009 | ||
Baguio Country Club | Building | Social Club | Established by William Cameron Forbes in 1905. Judge Roman Ozaeta became first Filipino president in 1957. | Baguio Country Club, Baguio | Filipino, English | February 18, 2005 | ||
Baguio Teachers' Camp | Association/ Institution/ Organization | Institutional marker | Used as a vacation site for teachers. Established on December 11, 1907. Formerly known as O-Ring-Ao. | Teachers' Camp, Baguio | Filipino | 2008 | ||
Ang Bell House at ang Bell Amphitheater | The Bell House and the Bell Amphitheater | Built as a vacation house of American governor-generals. | Camp John Hay, Baguio City | Filipino | October 25, 2023 [2] | |||
Benguet State University | Started as a farm school in 1916. Spearheaded secondary and agricultural indigenous education. | Centennial Park, Benguet State University, La Trinidad, Benguet [3] | Filipino | September 27, 2016 [4] | ||||
Brent School | Founded in 1909 by Bishop Charles Henry Brent as Baguio School for Boys. | Brent School, Baguio | Filipino, English | March 15, 2008 | ||||
Casa Vallejo | Built in 1909 to house the workers of Baguio. | Casa Vallejo | Filipino | September 20, 2019 | ||||
Dating Kinatatayuan ng Akademya Militar ng Pilipinas | Former Site of Philippine Military Academy | Association/ Institution/ Organization | Institutional marker | Became the site of the Philippine Military Academy from June 15, 1936 until December 12, 1941. | Teachers' Camp, Baguio | Filipino, English, | February 19, 1994 | |
Dating Kinatatayuan ng Constabulary School (Ngayo'y Philippine Military Academy) | Former Site of Constabulary School (Now Philippine Military Academy) | Became the site of the Philippine Constabulary School from 1908 to 1935 and 1947 to 1950. | Camp Henry T. Allen, Baguio | Filipino | February 17, 1996 | |||
Dominican Hill and Retreat House (1915) [5] | Built as a Dominican retreat house, became the refuge of Dominican priests and their families during WWII. | Dominican Hill, Baguio | Filipino | September 1, 2014 | ||||
Easter College | Established in 1906 by Charles Henry Brent for the schooling of children from Mountain Province. Became a Japanese outpost during WWII. | Easter College, Baguio | Filipino | December 12, 2017 | ||||
Kampo ng mga Guro (Teachers' Camp) | Building | Group of Houses | Used as a vacation site for teachers. Known before by the Igorots as O-Ring-Ao | Teachers' Camp Rd. Teachers' Camp, Baguio | Filipino | Between May 6–15, 1968 [6] | ||
Mansion House | Building | House | Constructed in 1908 to be used as a summer residence of the chief-executive. | Mansion House Site, Baguio | English | 1951 | ||
Mansion House | Constructed as part of the Burnham plan of Baguio. Inspired by the city beautiful movement. | Mansion House Gate, Baguio | Ilocano, Filipino, English | December 30, 2008 [7] [8] | ||||
Philippine Commission's First Session in Baguio | Site | Site | Site where Baguio was officially declared as the Summer Capital of the Philippines. | Gov. Pack Road, Baguio | English | 1940 | ||
Philippine Military Academy [9] | Association/ Institution/ Organization | Institutional marker | Recognized as the successor to the Academia Militar of Barasoain, Malolos, Bulacan | Camp General Gregorio del Pilar, Baguio | Filipino | May 21, 2019 | ||
Signing of the Japanese Capitulation Document | Where the document was signed for the surrender of the Japanese Imperial Forces in the Philippines. | Camp John Hay site, Baguio | English | 1946 | ||||
United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP Baguio) | Building/Structures | House of Worship | One of the first Protestant churches in Northern Luzon, established on February 11, 1911. | UCCP Baguio, Baguio | Filipino | February 11, 2012 | ||
United States Embassy Residence Baguio | Building/Structures | Building | Erected in 1940. Occupied by the Japanese, but were forced out later further to the mountains. | Camp John Hay, Baguio | English | September 3, 2005 |
This article lists five (5) markers from the Province of Ifugao.
Marker title | English Translation | Category | Type | Description | Location | Language | Date Issued | Image |
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Bantayog sa Kiangan | Kiangan Monument Mountain Province | Structure | Monument | Where Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita surrendered to the joined forces of Filipino and American troops in 1945. | Kiangan | Filipino | 1973 | |
Ifugao Rice Terraces | Site | Site | The highest, best built, and most extensive stone-walled terraces. Covers nearly 400 square kilometers. | Banaue | English | 1940 | ||
Ang Labanan sa Mayoyao | The Battle of Mayoyao | Event | Event | Last battle between the Japanese and combined Filipino and American forces before Gen. Yamashita's surrender in Kiangan, Ifugao. | Mt. Nagchayan Ridge, Mayoyao | Filipino | 2008 | |
Pook na Unang Pinaglibingan ni Heneral Artemio Ricarte (Vibora) | First Burial Site of General Artemio Ricarte (The Viper) | Where the "Viper" was buried on July 31, 1945. His remains was kept in a cave. | Hungduan | Filipino | November 30, 2002 | |||
Surrender of General Yamashita | Site | Site | Where General Tomoyuki Yamashita surrendered to the US 6th Army September 2, 1945. | Kiangan | English | September 2, 1995 |
This article lists one (1) markers from the Province of Kalinga.
Marker title | English Translation | Category | Type | Description | Location | Language | Date Issued | Image |
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Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo (Lubuagan, Kalinga) | General Emilio Aguinaldo (Lubuagan, Kalinga) | The town where Aguinaldo established his main headquarters from March 6-May 17, 1900. | Lubuagan | Filipino | March 6, 2000 |
This article lists two (2) markers from the Mountain Province.
Marker title | English Translation | Category | Type | Description | Location | Language | Date Issued | Image |
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Mga Labanan sa Lias | The Battles of Lias | Site of the battles which fought against both the Spanish and the Japanese. | Lias, Barlig | Filipino | September 3, 1985 | |||
William Henry Scott 1921-1993 [10] | Personages | Biographical marker | Conducted an extensive study of ethnolinguistic groups in Cordillera. Incarcerated when Martial Law was imposed, 1972. | Saint Mary School of Sagada, Sagada | Filipino | December 8, 2021 |
Ancestral houses of the Philippines or Heritage Houses are homes owned and preserved by the same family for several generations as part of the Filipino family culture. It corresponds to long tradition by Filipino people of giving reverence for ancestors and elders. Houses could be a simple house to a mansion. The most common ones are the "Bahay na Bato". Some houses of prominent families had become points of interest or museums in their community because of its cultural, architectural or historical significance. These houses that are deemed of significant importance to the Filipino culture are declared Heritage House by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), previously known as the National Historical Institute (NHI) of the Philippines. Preservation is of utmost importance as some ancestral houses have come into danger due to business people who buy old houses in the provinces, dismantle them then sell the parts as ancestral building materials for homeowners wishing to have the ancestral ambiance on their houses. These ancestral houses provide the current generation a look back of the country's colonial past through these old houses.
Historical markers are installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) in the Philippines and places abroad that signify important events, persons, structures, and institutions in Philippine national and local histories. The plaques themselves are permanent signs installed by the NHCP in publicly visible locations on buildings, monuments, or in special locations. Local municipalities and cities can also install markers of figures and events of local significance. Though they may have the permission of the NHCP, these markers are barred from using the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.