Mansion House*

NHCP Photo Collection, 2019

NHCP Photo Collection, 2019

NHCP Photo Collection, 2019

NHCP Photo Collection, 2019

Location: The Mansion, V.L. Romulo Drive, Baguio City

Category: Buildings/Structures

Type: House

Status: Level I-National Historical Landmark

Legal Basis: Resolution No. 1, S. 2009

Marker dates: 2009

Installed by: National Historical Institute (NHI)

Marker text (Filipino):

MANSION HOUSE

IPINATAYO NI WILLIAM CAMERON FORBES AYON SA DISENYO NI WILLIAM E. PARSONS, 1908, BILANG BAHAGI NG BURNHAM PLAN NG BAGUIO AT NG CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT. DITO GINANAP ANG SPECIAL SESSION NG PANGALAWANG LEHISLATURA NG PILIPINAS, 1910. NASIRA NOONG PANAHON NG LIBERASYON, 1945. IPINAAYOS, 1947. DITO GINANAP ANG PANGALAWANG PAGPUPULONG NG U.N. ECONOMIC COMMISSION OF ASIA AND THE FAR EAST (ECAFE), 1947; U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), 1948; AT UNANG PAGPUPULONG NG SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNION (SEAU) NA KILALA BILANG BAGUIO CONFERENCE OF 1950. BAHAY BAKASYUNAN NG MGA AMERIKANONG GOBERNADOR-HENERAL, 1908–1935 AT NG MGA PANGULO NG PILIPINAS MULA KAY MANUEL L. QUEZON HANGGANG SA KASALUKUYAN.

Marker text (English)

MANSION HOUSE

CONSTRUCTED AT THE INSTANCE OF WILLIAM CAMERON FORBES FOLLOWING THE DESIGN OF WILLIAM E. PARSONS, AS PART OF THE BURNHAM PLAN FOR BAGUIO, 1908, INSPIRED BY THE CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT. VENUE OF THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SECOND PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, 1910. DESTROYED DURING THE WAR, 1945. REHABILITATED, 1947. VENUE OF THE U.N. ECONOMIC COMMISSION OF ASIA AND THE FAR EAST (ECAFE), 1947; THE U.N. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), 1948; AND THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNION (SEAU) KNOWN AS THE BAGUIO CONFERENCE OF 1950. SUMMER RESIDENCE OF AMERICAN GOVERNORS-GENERAL, 1908–1935 AND LATER OF PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS FROM MANUEL L. QUEZON TO THE PRESENT.

Marker text (Ilocano):

MANSION HOUSE

NAIPATAKDER KAS IMPROPONER NI WILLIAM CAMERON FORBES NGA NAITUTOP ITI DISENYO NI WILLIAM E. PARSONS, 1908, KAS PARTE TI PLANO TI BURNHAM TI BAGUIO, NAENGGANYO ITI NAPINTAS NGA BIAG TI SIYUDAD. NAARAMID DITOY TI NAIPANGPANGRUNA A SESYON TI MAIKADUA A LEHISLATURA TI PILIPINAS, 1910. NADADAEL KABAYATAN TI LIBERASYON, 1945. NAISUBLI ITI SIGUD A KASASAAD, 1947. NAARAMID DITOY TI MAIKADUA A GIMONG TI U.N. ECONOMIC COMMISSION OF ASIA KEN TI FAR EAST (ECAFE), 1947; U.N. FOOD AND ORGANIZATION (FAO), 1948; KEN TI UMUNA A GIMONG TI SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNION (SEAU) NGA NABIGBIG KAS BAGUIO CONFERENCE OF 1950. BALAY A PAGBAKASYUNAN DAGITI GOBERNADOR HENERAL NGA AMERIKANO, 1908–1935 KEN DAGITI PRESIDENTE TI PILIPINAS MANIPUD KENNI MANUEL L. QUEZON AGINGGA ITI AGDAMA.