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| NHCP Photo Collection, 2023 |
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| NHCP Photo Collection, 2023 |
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| NHCP Photo Collection, 2023 |
Location: Camp John Hay, Baguio City
Category: Building/StructureType: Complex of building and landscape
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker date: 29 October 2023
Installed by: National Historical Commission of the Philippines
Marker text (Filipino):
Marker text (Filipino):
ANG BELL HOUSE AT BELL AMPHITHEATER
IPINATAYO UPANG MAGING BAHAY BAKASYUNAN NG MGA AMERIKANONG PUNONG HENERAL NG PILIPINAS DAHIL SA KAAYA-AYANG KLIMA SA BAGUIO, 1906. IPINAGAWA NAMAN ANG AMPHITHEATER SA MGA MANGGAGAWANG IGOROT UPANG PAGDAUSAN NG MGA GAWAING PANLIBANGAN SA KAMPO, 1913. IPINANGALAN ANG DALAWANG ISTRUKTURA KAY HENERAL JAMES FRANKLIN BELL, 1929. NAPASAILALIM SA MGA HAPON NOONG IKALAWANG DIGMAANG PANDAIGDIG, 1941. NAGING BAHAGI NG JOHN HAY AIR BASE, 1949. INILIPAT SA PAGMAMAY-ARI NG PILIPINAS MULA SA ESTADOS UNIDOS, 1991. ISINAILALIM SA PAMAMAHALA NG BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SA PAMAMAGITAN NG JOHN HAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION NA NGAYON AY JOHN HAY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 1993. ISINAAYOS, 2020. KABILANG SA MGA ORIHINAL NA ISTRAKTURANG NAPANATILI SA LOOB NG MILITARY RESERVATION MAGMULA SA PANAHON NG MGA AMERIKANO. NAGING PANGUNAHING ATRAKSYON SA KAMPO ANG BELL HOUSE BILANG MUSEO AT AKLATAN; AT ANG BELL AMPHITHEATER BILANG DAUSAN NG MGA PAGTITIPON.
Marker text (English):
BELL HOUSE AND BELL AMPHITHEATER
BUILT AS A VACATION HOUSE FOR PHILIPPINE COMMANDING GENERALS OWING TO THE FAVORABLE CLIMATE OF BAGUIO, 1906. THE AMPHITHEATER, TO BE USED AS A VENUE FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS WITHIN THE CAMP, WAS CONSTRUCTED BY IGOROT LABORERS THROUGH THE ORDERS OF GENERAL JAMES FRANKLIN BELL, 1913; THE STRUCTURES WERE NAMED AFTER HIM, 1929. TAKEN OVER BY THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1941. BECAME PART OF JOHN HAY AIR BASE, 1949. TRANSFERRED BY THE UNITED STATES TO THE PHILIPPINES, 1991; MANAGEMENT WAS HANDED OVER TO BASES CONVERSION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH THE JOHN HAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, NOW JOHN HAY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 1993. REPAIRED AND RESTORED, 2020. AMONG THE FEW ORIGINAL STRUCTURES BUILT INSIDE THE MILITARY RESERVATION THAT WERE MAINTAINED SINCE THE AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD. REPURPOSED AS MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS WITHIN THE CAMP; THE BELL HOUSE SERVED AS A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY WHILE THE BELL AMPHITHEATER AS A VENUE FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS.
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