 |
NEOCLASSICAL Malolos City Hall stands forts near Cathedral Church
|
Locale of the first ever Philippine Republic the city of Malolos Bulacan is not just a home for heroes, politicians and artists but also a domicile of old-fashioned Spanish houses and infrastructures that had witnessed the city’s battle for independency and modernization. Now, years after obtaining freedom few of them are still firm and well standing.
Explore the inner beauty of Malolos Bulacan as it takes you
from the past, the old fashioned way!
 |
VARIOUS FACES Structure
of great importance standstill for 436 years.
|
Built during the 1580, Casa Real is one of the most popular
tourist destinations in Malolos before the Barasoain and Cathedral Church.
Casa Real originally served as the seat of government
officials on Malolos. Eventually, it became as the office of Treasury and
office of the town’s Gobernadorcillo during the Spanish era on 1762. Hold as a seat for Military Government during
the American colonialism and National Printing Press during the First
Philippine Republic. The building also
converted as a hospital on 1923 and turned as an Annex of Bulacan Highschool
year 1941.
 |
PARTLY COMMERCIAL
Worn by age yet usable
|
 |
CHANGED BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN Windows from the past,
Tarpaulin from today
|
By the looks of Arcadio Ejercito Ancestral House today some
might find it hard to accept that this ancestral house once served as an office
for the Department of War during the First Philippine Republic.
Currently, the two-story house is being used as a commercial
building by the locals far different than how it used to be during its early
days.
 |
RENOVATED Repaired,
Mended, Revamped & Fixed
|
 |
RESTORED Something
worth saving is something worth fixing
|
Restored, repaired and revamped back to its original state
Adriano-Vasquez Ancestral House that once use to be a Gobierno Militar de la
Plaza during the revolution is now being used by Meralco to serve Maloleños for
electricity. Adriano’s Mansion was revived so beautifully that it completely
resembles its original condition.
 |
APPEALING. Like
the movies we’ve shared inside an old movie house
One of the few movie houses in that once brought colors in
Malolos; sadly this is the only movie house which wasn’t demolished and
recreated as a commercial building.
|
Located beside Arcadio Ejercito Ancestral House, this movie
house once shown that the town was well-off than others.
 |
UNSEALED ACCOUNT Unsealed stories behind a sealed account.
|
Few walks from the Adriano’s Mansion is an old carcel/
jailhouse known as Casa Tribunal which was used by Filipinos during the Spanish
Era.
 |
NOT A DAMSEL IN
DISTRESS Where equality over
rights beyond gender begun
|
 |
WOMAN’S INITIATIVE Woman’s
instinct therefore locates her initiative
|
This
beauty of a house was a property of Paulino Santos and Alberta Uitangcoy in the
1880s. Alberta Uitangcoy was one of the frontrunner of Women in Malolos. The
group of women on whom Dr. Jose Rizal addressed on his famous letter “Para sa
Kadalagahang Taga-Malolos.”
 |
RENOWNED LEGACY Looking
over a royalty from before over a royalty now
Jose
Chichioco Cojuangco father of the late President Corazon Aquino was born and
raised in this house. Jose was one of the patriarchs of the Cojuangco clan, he
served as 1st District representative of Tarlac during the year
1934-1946.
|
 |
AFFLUENCE The beauty of wealth entice by abundance
|
Built
in 1933, this house owned by Dr. Luis Santos, son of Paulino Santos and Alberta
Uitangcoy will surely captivate tourists’ eyes as they gape the house’s beauty
inside-out.
A mural painting on its ceiling was
specially made by Fernando Amorsolo, a Filipino artist. While an alluring
fountain found in its yard was carved by
Guillermo Tolentino, a native Maloleño Artist.
 |
AROUND THE CORNER Standing still & always watching, just
around the corner
|
 |
WITNESS Have witnessed every fight, every struggle
to survive
|
Just around the corner of the historical site, School for
the Women of Malolos, this gable-roof Lomotan House stands firm years after it
was built.
 |
DEFINITION OF
PERFECTION True definition of being
odd and beautiful
|
Not your typical bahay na bato, might be the best way to
describe this hundred years old house.
Now
structured as a Museum inside the Kamistisuhan District of Malolos, this bahay
na bato was owned by Don Jose Bautista. The house was redecorated 1877 in
French Art Nouveau style.
OTHER OLD- HOUSES...
 |
SIMPLICITY To be labelled as attractive doesn’t mean to
be complicated sometimes being simple is beautiful
|
 |
NEGLECTED SPLENDOR
Forgotten yet unchanged
|
 |
LONG LIVE Quality
before affordability will grant the structure’s extendibility.
|
SOURCES:
