Saturday, July 21, 2018

THE MANSION HOUSE 

BEFORE AND AFTER
Location: Romulo Dr, Baguio Benguet 
Wayback 1973

DID YOU KNOW?!
*The Mansion House also known as THE MANSION
*It is the official summer palace of the President of the Philippines
*The Mansion was built in 1908 to serve as the official summer residence of U.S Governors-General at the insistence of Governor-General William Cameron Forbes
*The design and construction of the Mansion House by William E. Parsons
*The name is derived from summer cottage New England of Governor Forbes whose administration the original Mansion House was built under
*The Mansion house was badly damaged during World War II and was rebuilt in 1947
* The Mansion House was also used as the venue of important events, such as the second session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) in 1947
*The second session of the Food and Agriculture Organization in 1948 and the first meeting of the Southeast Asian Union (SEAU), more commonly known as the Baguio Conference of 1950
*It has served as the holiday home and working office for each President of the Philippines during his or her visits to Baguio

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