Mariano Hamoy House
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.jpg) Front of Mariano Hamoy House | |
  Location in the Mindanao .svg) Location in the Philippines | |
| Location | Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 8°39′08″N 123°25′29″E / 8.652152538590745°N 123.42483454349151°E |
| Type | Heritage museum |
| Curator | Peter Hamoy |
Building details | |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Renovated | 2020–22 |
The Mariano Hamoy House is an ancestral house in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. It now serves as a heritage museum, known as Balay Hamoy Museum, displaying materials relevant to Rizal's exile in Dapitan from 1892 to 1896.[1][2][3]
Built in 1893, the house was the residence of Mariano Hamoy. He was a friend of Philippine national hero Jose Rizal and his schoolmate at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila in Intramuros.[2][4]
Rizal was a frequent visitor in the house during his exile in Dapitan from 1892 to 1896. He would visit Hamoy for a game of chess and conversation. They became business partners in abaca trading, and the house served as warehouse[5][3]
Rizal also served as the family physician. In 1894, Rizal attended to the child delivery of Hamoy's wife at the house.[4]