The Don Roman Santos Building
The Don Roman Santos Building is a Neoclassical building located along the historic Escolta Street in Binondo, Manila. It was built in 1894 and expanded in 1957.
The site has been the original offices for Monte de Piedad Savings Bank from 1894 to 1937. It then became an American Red Cross-operated hospital from 1945 to 1947 after which housed Prudential Bank and South Supermart. Currently, since 2005, the ground floor serves as a branch for the Bank of the Philippine Islands.
The building is listed in the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP), the repository of information on all cultural property of the country deemed of significant importance to our cultural heritage.
Learn more about PRECUP: https://ncca.gov.ph/philippine-registry-cultural.../
