25/05/2026
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A 90-year-old heritage structure, the building was constructed in 1936 as a three-story reinforced concrete edifice that served as the โnucleusโ of the growing San Nicolas School in Surigao. The construction itself was an ornament for Surigao, being the first building entirely made of reinforced concrete and the first to rise to have three floors.
The Little Flower Dormitory building, as we know it now, was a pivotal structure in the early development of San Nicolas School. It was built to be the center of the institution. It housed the first private-run high school program when it opened in 1938.
During World War II, the building was damaged by incendiary bombs, leaving only a "burned-out skeleton". Following the 1945 liberation, classes initially resumed in temporary Quonset huts and rehabilitated portions of the dormitory.
The building remained a significant part of the campus and underwent renovation as part of infrastructure improvements after the war and in the early 2000s. The building was used for different purposes over the years; it opened for several classrooms, offices, and the quarters of the St. Paul of Chartres Sisters, in addition to being used as a dormitory. Since its inception, it has continually served as the SPC sisters' congregation residence in Surigao up until the present.
The dormitory was damaged during the Super Typhoon Odette in December 2021, and the occupants were transferred to make way for its repairs and decided to transfer the dormitory permanently to another building. It survived a world war, several typhoons, earthquakes, and other natural agents of deterioration given by time. It no longer houses a dormitory, but it continues to provide a home to an institution created to form Christ-centered and competent individuals in service to the Church and society. As the historic "nucleus" of the campus, it remains a symbol of an institution dedicated to being a Catholic school and a school tuned to the evolving needs of the Surigao community.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1957 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ โ๐๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บโ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ต., ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ.
