Heritage houses of the Philippines
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Heritage house is a declaration to houses in the Philippines which have significant cultural, historical, social, architectural and artistic value as designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.[1]
CountryPhilippines
| Mga Pamanang Tahanan (Filipino) | |
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 | |
| Designation details | |
|---|---|
| Authority | National Historical Commission of the Philippines |
| Country | Philippines |
As of 2025, there are 60 heritage houses declared.
Criteria for declaration
Any house in the Philippines can be declared a heritage house if they follow the following criteria[2] set forth by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines:
- The house must be at least 50 years of age
- Must be representative of Development or style of architecture
- The house must retain at least 75% of its original structure and should not have undergone major renovations that significantly altered its authenticity.
Declared heritage houses per region
National Capital Region
| Official Heritage House Name[a] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
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Cubao, Quezon City | 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] |  |
2011[4] |
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Sta. Ana, Manila | A Bahay na bato built in 1859 occupied by affluent lawyer and diplomat Marcial Lichauco |  |
2011[5] |
Region I
| Official Heritage House Name[b] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Vigan, Ilocos Sur | 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. |  |
2002[6] |
Region III
| Official Heritage House Name[c] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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San Fernando, Pampanga | Bahay na bato built for Saturnino Henson y David. |  |
2003[7] |
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San Fernando, Pampanga | Built in 1870 by Anacleto Hizon, Gobernadorcillo of San Fernando and Victoria Singian de Miranda y De campo |  |
2003[7] |
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San Fernando, Pampanga | American domestic style bahay na bato built in 1920 Joaquin Dayrit y Singian and Maria Paz Cuyugan y de Leon. | Resolution No. 05, S. 2003 | 2003[7] |
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San Fernando, Pampanga | American style bahay na bato built in 1925 for Serafin Lazatin y Ocampo and Encarnacion Singian y Torres. |  |
2003[7] |
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Malolos City, Bulacan | House of Alberta Uitancoy, one of the 20 women of the town who were the first to build a night school to study the Spanish language. Now the Museum of the Women of Malolos. | Resolution No. 07, S. 2010 | 2010 [8] |
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San Fernando, Pampanga | Victorian-style mansion built by Teodoro and Africa Ventura which was eventually bought by Maria Salome Hizon, which was eventually inherited by Augusto Hizon. |  |
2010 [5] |
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San Rafael, Bulacan | A bahay na bato built by Don Vicente Trinidad dela Fuente in 1890. |  |
2022 [9] |
Region IV-A
| Official Heritage House Name[g] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Lipa,Batangas | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built in the 1860s for Don Manuel Mitra de San Miguel-Luz and Doña Segunda Solis Katigbak |  |
1996[10] |
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Taal, Batangas | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built in 1800 for Don Julian Ylagan and Doña Dionisia Agoncillo-Ylagan |  |
1998[11] |
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Taal, Batangas | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built for Don Juan Goco, KKK treasurer |  |
2000[12] |
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Sarayba House |
Gen. Trias, Cavite | Bahay na bato of Doña Maria Dolores Gomes-Trias | Resolution No. 06, S. 2005 | 2005[13] |
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Sariaya, Quezon | Art deco mansion built in 1932 by Arch. Andres Luna de San Pedro for Natalio Enriquez, Governor of Tayabas (1940–1946) |  |
2008[14] |
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Sariaya, Quezon | A bahay na bato built in 1922 for Don Catalino Rodriguez, town Presidente of Sariaya in the 1910s |  |
2008[14] |
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Sariaya, Quezon | 1930s Art deco mansion designed by National Artist Juan Nakpil for Dr. Isidro Rodriguez and Doña Gregoria Gala, wealthy plantation owners |  |
2008[14] |
Region IV-B
| Official Heritage House Name[h] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Narvas | Boac, Marinduque | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built in the 1892 by Vicente Narvas | .webp) |
2007[15] |
Region VI -Western Visayas
| Official Heritage House Name[i] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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La Paz, Iloilo City | Also referred to as the Lopez Boathouse, the Streamline Moderne mansion was built in 1935 for the wealthy Lopez family of Iloilo. |  |
2002[16] |
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Buenavista, Guimaras | 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. | Resolution No. 12, S. 2002 [17] | 2002[12] |
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San Jose de Buenavista, Antique | 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] |  |
2020 |
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Jaro, Iloilo City | A bahay na bato built by Doña Pacita Lopez in the 1820s. Occupied by the Ledesma family. |  |
2022[19] |
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City Proper, Iloilo City | Also known as the Eagle House, it is located within the Calle Real Heritage Zone and was built in 1922 for Don Celso Ledesma. |  |
2024[20] |
Region VII
| Official Heritage House Name[j] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Loay, Bohol | 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. | Resolution No. 08, S. 1998 | 1998[21] |
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Carcar, Cebu | Built in the 1880s by brothers Benito Silva and Father Anastacio Del Coro from reclaimed materials [22] |  |
2009[23] |
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Carcar, Cebu | 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 |  |
2009[23] |
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Carcar, Cebu | Coralstone and wood Bahay na bato of Don Florencio Noel built in the late 1880s |  |
2009[23] |
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Carcar, Cebu | Early 19th century bahay na bato built by Don Mariano Mercado |  |
2009[23] |
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Tagbilaran, Bohol | Provincial residence of Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Republic of the Philippines. Built in the early 1950s, the house was originally rented from the Jorolan family. |  |
2009[23] |
Negros Island Region (NIR)
| Official Heritage House Name[m] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Built in 1934, this fusion of art deco and art nouveau mansion served as the ancestral house of the Hofileña family |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Largely demolished. Lot now owned by the Locsin Genealogy Foundation | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | An arcaded American era residential and commercial building built by Manuel de la Rama Locsin in 1935. |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Demolished in 2014 | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental |  |
1993[24] | |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato turned commercial space of Capt. Marciano Montelibano Lacson |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato of Vicente Conlu Lacson. |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | An expansive art deco house of Maria Ledesma Goles. Adaptively reused as a bank. |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish-American inspired ancestral house of the Ledesma family |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish- American inspired two-storey house |  |
1993[25][24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Twin Houses in the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato style built for Generoso Reyes Gamboa's sons Ernesto and Generoso Jr. |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental |  |
1993[24] | |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993[24] | |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | American colonial-era bahay na bato which served as the ancestral home of the wealthy Jalandoni family | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Art deco ancestral House of former Philippine senator Dr. Jose Corteza Locsin |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Also known as the Pink house, the Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato was the residence of Don Bernardino and Doña Ysabel Jalandoni. |  |
1993[26][27][24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial revival house built in 1938 |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993[24] | |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato of Lacson-Locsin clan. Continues to be the site of the family bakery the El Ideal. |  |
1993[24] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | More famously known as Balay Negrense. A two-storey hacienda house of Victor F. Gaston and Prudencia Fernandez |  |
1994[28] |
| Carlos Arceo Ledesma Ancestral House | Silay, Negros Occidental | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994[27] | |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | An art deco house with a notable American style sun porch, built for Jose Benedicto Gamboa. |  |
1994[29][27] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | American style bahay na bato of Angel Araneta |  |
1994[30][27] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato of now the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod Building |  |
1994[27] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994[27] | |
| Alejandro Amercharuza Ancestral House | Silay, Negros Occidental | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994[27] | |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Neo-Spanish Mission style mansion of Jose Corteza Locsin built in the 1930s. | |
1994[27] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Demolished. Site now owned by the Iglesia ni Cristo | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994[27] |
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Silay, Negros Occidental | Also known as the Baldevia, it is the house and commercial building of Lino Lope Severino, known to be the first department store in Negros. |  |
1994[27] |
| Infante Heritage House | La Carlota, Negros Occidental | Hacienda house built by Don Teodulfo Infante and Doña Rosita Sanchez in 1929 | NHI Board Resolution no . 1, S. 2001 | 2001[31] |
Region VIII
| Official Heritage House Name[q] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oppus Ancestral House | Maasin, Southern Leyte | Bahay na bato of the Oppus family. Now houses the Southern Leyte Public Library | _(cropped).jpg) |
2005[13] |
Region X
| Official Heritage House Name[r] | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macapagal-Macaraeg Ancestral House | Iligan, Lanao del Norte | Built in the 1950 for the Macaraeg family. |  |
2002[12] |
Notes
- 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)