Clockwise, from top left: Mira-Nila house in Quezon city, Natalio Enriquez House in Sariaya, Don Florencio Noel House in Carcar,Cebu, Severino Building in Silay city, Negros Occidental
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Art deco mansion of the built by Conrado Benitez. The name Mira-nila supposedly came from Helena Benitez, Conrado's daughter, who shouted "mira a Manila" ("look at Manila") to point out the fire in Intramuros in the 1930s[3]
Large bahay na bato of Justo Angco built in 1830. Famous for being the home of Alice Syquia, first lady of the Philippines and wife of President Elpidio Quirino.
Syquia Mansion plateNHI. Board Resolution 1, s. 2002
Victorian-style mansion built by Teodoro and Africa Ventura which was eventually bought by Maria Salome Hizon, which was eventually inherited by Augusto Hizon.
Translates to Enchanted rock, this mansion on an island, with its current iteration built in the 1940s and modifications in 2002, was built for the Lopez family of Iloilo
Also known as the Azurin-Gella House, the site is a restored 19th century Bahay na bato, only extant example of bahay na bato architecture in Antique[18]
Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato built in 1844 for Don Aniceto Velez Clarin. Notable for its use of Nipa leaves, a rarity in old homes in the Philippines due to its fragility.
A large limewashed bahay na bato built in Don Roman Sarmiento 1859 famed for its preserved red clay tiles, a rarity now in the Philippines, from which it is named
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Official marker installed by the National Historical Institute names it as Hension-Hizon House
↑ Official marker installed by the National Historical Institute names the site as Hizon-Singian House
↑ The marker installed by the NHCP uses the name Dela fuente- Villaroman Ancestral house.
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Additional name on the marker installed by the National Historical Institute is Sarmiento- Osmeña House
↑ Resolution designating this house names it as "Sa Dakong Balay". The marker on the other hand names the site as "Ang Dakong Balay".
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Official Heritage house marker is Jose "Pitong" Ledesma Ancestral House.
↑ The name on the plaque is Bernardino-Ysabel Jalandoni Ancestral house
↑ While cited in the plaque, the house is not found in NHI Resolution No. 3, S. 1993
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
↑ Based on official documents of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor, the National Historical Institute (NHI)
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