Hoskyn’s Department Store
Hoskyn's Department Store was the first department store in the Philippines, established in 1877 in Iloilo City. It was also the first to introduce the "fixed price" policy in merchandising in the country, offering a wide range of products including groceries, hardware, stationery, toys, watches, jewelry, machinery, buttons, and threads, among others.- Type: Commercial building
- Description: department store in Iloilo City, Philippines
- Also known as: “Hoskyn’s”
- Address: J. M. Basa Street, iloilo City, City Proper, Iloilo 5000
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iloilo Central Market and Iloilo Customs House.
Iloilo Central Market
Marketplace
Photo: Rabosajr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iloilo Central Public Market, also known as Central Market or Tienda Mayor, is a public market located in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is one of the two largest public markets in the Iloilo City Proper district, the other being the Iloilo Terminal Market. Iloilo Central Market is situated 140 metres southwest of Hoskyn’s Department Store.
Iloilo Customs House
Public building
Photo: Americana22ount, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Iloilo Customs House is a historic building in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was built in 1916 to a design by American architect Ralph Harrington Doane, then Consulting Architect of the Bureau of Public Works in the Philippine Islands. Iloilo Customs House is situated 170 metres east of Hoskyn’s Department Store.
Sunburst Park
Park
Sunburst Park, originally known as Plaza de Aduana, is a recreational park situated in front of the Iloilo Customs House on Calle Real in downtown Iloilo City, Philippines. Sunburst Park is situated 150 metres east of Hoskyn’s Department Store.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Iloilo City and Iloilo City Proper.
Iloilo City
Photo: Berniemack, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Iloilo City is the provincial capital of Iloilo, on the island of Panay. The city is rich in history and culture, with well-preserved Spanish and American-era architecture — from churches to commercial buildings and the many ancestral houses scattered around the city.
Iloilo City Proper
Suburb
Photo: Ryomaandres, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iloilo City Proper, also known as Downtown Iloilo or simply Iloilo among locals, is an administrative district in Iloilo City, Philippines, located on the southeastern coast of the island of Panay in the Western Visayas region.
Lapuz
Suburb
Photo: Berniemack, CC BY 3.0.
Lapuz is a district in Iloilo City, Philippines. It is the smallest district by geographical area as well as the least populous district, with 31,603 people in the 2024 census.
Hoskyn’s Department Store
- Categories: department store, building, and office
- Location: Iloilo, Western Visayas, Visayas, Municipality of Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte, Davao Region, Mindanao, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.69393° or 10° 41′ 38″ northLongitude
122.57058° or 122° 34′ 14″ eastOpen location code
7Q24MHVC+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 424731588OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q127685192
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Hoskyn’s Department Store” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hoskyn’s Department Store”
- Spanish: “Galeria de Comercio Loring”
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Highlights include Eusebio Villanueva Building and Iloilo City Business District as Heritage Zone historical marker.
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