Although this building is popularly known as the Compania Maritima building, its name is actually the Shamrock Hotel. The Compania Maritima was was merely leasing part of the building to serve as its corporate offices.
The Shamrock Hotel was located in the Fernandez Building which was built in 1910 on reclaimed land along with the new port. It is unknown who the past occupants of the building were, but in the 1930's, Shamrock Hotel was its occupant. In 1934, the hotel printed out its own postcard as a means of advertising. The proprietor of the hotel was Mike Ryan. This building was later occupied by Compania Maritima (Lucy Urgello Miller, 2010. Glimpses of Old Cebu, Images of the Colonial Era).
Today, it is a romantic roofless ruin on the waterfront district of Cebu City and is one of the sights as one approaches the Cebu South Coastal Road. There are talks that the building will be retrofitted in the future and fully renovated and shall serve as Cebu's Maritime History Museum. #cebu #cebu_city #heritage #heritage_building #prewar
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