Manila City Hall, located north of the Roman Square, was damaged during World War II and later rebuilt. It is now Manila's Finance Bureau. The City Hall was built in 1599 and was badly damaged after the earthquake, and was ordered to be demolished and rebuilt in 1738. It was destroyed again in 1863. From 1879 to 1884, it was rebuilt by a military engineer, Eduardo López Navarro. It was the office of the American military chief until 1903 during the early American colonization. It was later used by the first legislature in the Philippines and later the legislature until 1924. It was then the office of the Justice Bureau and the Supreme Court. It was destroyed in the Battle of Manila in 1945. It was rebuilt in 2009 as the office of the Manila Finance Bureau.