Tuesday, October 2, 2018

 PAMINTUAN MANSION 



BEFORE AND AFTER 
Location: Miranda st. Brgy. Sto. Rosario, Angeles, Pampanga 
Wayback 1900’s 

DID YOU KNOW?!
*The Pamintuan Mansion was built in 1880’s by Don Florentino Torres Pamintuan and Valentina Torres (Who live in 1868-1925) who later became the Mayor of Angeles under the American rule
*The Mansion in 1899, it served as the headquarters of Gen. Antonio Luna and the seat of the philippine republic
*In June 12, 1899 Aguinaldo also led the celebration of the first anniversary of Philippine Independence and waved the Philippine flag from the second-floor balcony of the mansion
*By November 1899, Gen. Arthur MacArthur used the mansion as his Headquarters
*The historic house changed its ownership several times since 1899
*In WWII., the mansion was occupied by Japanese Kamikaze suicide pilots before it was turned into a clubhouse of the United Services Organization Inc.in 1946
*In 1959,The building likewise served as the town’s municipal hall of angeles until 1964.
*Later the property was procured by the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) in 1981
*It was recently transferred to the NHCP as the Museum on June 17, 2010

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