The Central Philippine University Library is the library system of the Central Philippine University in Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1910, it is one of the largest academic and research li
Henry Luce III Library (Main Library)
The Eugenio Lopez Hall serves as the old main library of the University until a new modern structure, the Henry Luce III Library was built to replace it. It now houses the university's College of Law. (Photo taken in 1960s)
Central Philippine University is a private Protestant research university in Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1905 through a grant from the American industrialist and philanthropist John D. Ro
Central Philippine University Library
…The Central Philippine University Library (commonly referred to as CPU Library) is the library system of the Central Philippine University in Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1910, it is one of the largest academic and research libraries in the Philippines (largest library in Western…
John D. Rockefeller, an American industrialist, philanthropist, and devout Baptist is Central's main benefactor. His benevolent grant to the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society for the purpose of establishing schools that will train ministers and other Christian workers and for boys in the Philippines, resulted to the founding of Central Philippine University.
The Jaro Evangelical Church was founded in 1900 by American Baptist Missionaries as "the first Baptist church in the Philippines" and the "first Protestant church outside Manila". It has been closely associated with Central, acting as a catalyst for its founding in 1905. Before the creation of the CPU Church, the early students of the university would go to this church every Sunday to worship.
The Reverend William Valentine, the founder and first president of Central.
The Central Philippine University–Iloilo Mission Hospital Main Hall in its new location in 1931 in the City of Jaro (now a present district of Iloilo City). Founded in 1901 by Presbyterian missionary doctor Joseph Andrew Hall, it is the first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines.