The Bahay na bato, the colonial Filipino house, followed the nipa hut's arrangements such as open

ventilation and elevated apartments. During the 19th century, wealthy Filipinos built some fine houses,
usually with solid stone foundations or brick lower walls, and overhanging, wooden upper story with
balustrades and kapis shell sliding windows, and a tiled roof.

Padre Burgos House

Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Present Use
Administered by

Trivial Fact

Burgos Street, Vigan City, Ilocos

Sur
Single Detached House
1788
Spanish Colonial Period (1521
1898
Insular Life Assurance Co.
Museum
National Museum, Vigan
Historical and Cultural
Foundation, Inc.
Became the residence of Padre
Jose Apolonio Burgos of
GOMBURZA

Casa Manila
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Gen. Luna Street corner Calle

Real, Intramuros, Manila
Single Detached Urban House
1981
Spanish colonial period
Intramuros Administration
Museum
Three-story structure with a
faade of a commercialresidential building

Apolinario Mabini Shrine

Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Front yard of Nagtahan residence

of the Ampil family
Mabini Campus of the Polytechnic
University of the Philippines
Single Detached House
1800s, 1963 dismantled and
reconstructed
Spanish Colonial Period
National Government of the
Philippines
Museum
Became residence of Apolinario
Mabini in his adult years

Baldomero Aguinaldo Shrine

Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Binakayan, Kawit, Cavite

Single Detached House
1906
American Colonial Period
National Government of the
Philippines
Museum
Owned by Gen. Baldomero
Aguinaldo (a cousin of Gen. Emilio
Aguinaldo) who headed the Kawit
Chapter of the KKK.

Syquia Mansion
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date

Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Vigan City, Ilocos Sur (UNESCO

World Heritage Site)
Single Detached House
Original house possibly 1740;
Improvements 1830; Added
Extension 1901
Spanish Colonial Period
Syquia, Quirino, Pacis and
Mendoza Families
Syquia Foundation
Museum
Became residence of Don Elpidio
Quirino and wife Doa Alicia
Syquia y Jimenez

Casa Luna
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Original Owner
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Ancheta corner Alcala Streets,

(Namacpacan) Luna, La Union
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar,
Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1700s
Spanish Colonial Period
Santaromana family
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum, Resort
Namacpacan was renamed Luna
in honor of Juan and Antonio Luna
(revolutionary democrats) whose
mother Laureana Novicio, was
born in Namacpacan.

Sabino Santos House

Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

F.T. Reyes Street, Malolos, Bulacan

Single Detached House
1933
Spanish Colonial Period
Dr. Sabino Santos
Residence
Maestro de Obra is Alejandro
Yelab Caudal

Casa Candaba
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Original Owner
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Candaba, Pampanga
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar,
Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1780s Reconstruction:2005
Spanish Colonial Period
Estanislao Reyes, 1941
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum, Resort
Built by prominent Reyes family
and hosted high officials and
Spanish governor officials

Casa Jaen I
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Madrid and Pearubio Streets,

Jaen, Nueva Ecija
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar,
Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1900s
Spanish Colonial Period
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum, Resort
Designed by Andres Luna de San
Pedro for the de campanilla
lawyer Eugene Perkins

Casa Bizantina
Original Location
Present Location

Madrid and Pearubia Streets,

Binondo, Manila
Las Casa Filipinas de Acuzar,

Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Original Owner
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1890s
Spanish Colonial Period
Don Lorenzo del Rosario
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum, Resort
Designed by Catalan Architect
Joan Josep Jose Hervas y
Arizmendi.

Casa Hidalgo
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Original Owner
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Corner Calle R. Hidalgo and

Callejon Carcer
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar,
Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1890s
Spanish Colonial Period
Rafael Enriquez
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum, Resort
Known for its distinctive iconic
columns and designed by Feliz
Roxas y Arroyo, the Philippines
first professionally trained
architect.

Casa Alberto
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Original Owner
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Bian, Laguna
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar,
Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1700s
Spanish Colonial Period
Don Jose Alberto
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum, Resort
Became home of Don Alberto,
reputedly mid-19th century
Lagunas richest man and
Philippine representative to
Spanish parliament.

Casa De Segunda
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type

Lipa City, Batangas

Single Detached House

Construction Date

Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Circa 1860; 1956 repaired after

the partial destruction of the
house in 1945
Spanish Colonial Period
Great-granddaughters of Segunda
Katigbak-Luz
Museum
Became home of Segunda
Katigbak, first love of Dr. Rizal.

Agoncillo-Mario House
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Taal, Batangas
Single Detached House
Late 1870s
Spanish Colonial Period
National Government of the
Philippines
Museum
Became home of Marcela Mario
de Agoncillo, who made the
national flag.

Casa Villavicencio
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Taal, Batangas
Single Detached House
1850
Spanish Colonial Period
Villavicencio family
Museum / Residence
Home of Don Eilalio and wife
Gliceria, one of the richest
couples in Taal and were staunch
nationalists.

Villavicencio-Marella House
Original Location

Taal, Batangas

Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Single Detached House

1870
Spanish Colonial Period
Joven-Villavicencio Family
Museum / Residence
Called The Wedding Gift House
by Don Eulalio Villavicencio y
Marella to Doa Gliceria Marella y
Legaspi.

Casa Unisan
Original Location
Present Location
Structure Type
Construction Date
Period of Construction
Present Owner
Administered by
Present Use
Trivial Fact

Unisan, Quezon
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar,
Bagac, Bataan
Single Detached House
1839
Spanish Colonial Period
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Museum; Resort
Built by Don Antonio Maximo and
first bahay na bato in Quezon.

Source: Philippine Heritage Homes: A Guidebook

by Maria Cristina V. Turalba, Jaime C. Laya, Martin I. Tinio Jr.

ARCHL DESIGN 7
BAHAY NA BATO COMILATION BY CRISTINA TURALBA
AND ARTICLES BY AUGUSTO VILLALON

OAFALLAS, MIRIAM FAITH V.

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AR. LARRY F. ADOR