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New
Government
Center
HISTORY:

01 The New Government Center or the NGC is now one of the new landmarks of Bacolod City. It stands on a
5-hectare lot donated by Fernando F. Gonzaga, Inc. and Angela Estate, Inc. Inaugurated in July 2010, it
replaced the old City Hall at Araneta-Luriaga Streets. It costed the city and its people almost 400 million to
build this new seat of power. Since the start of operation of the NGC, it has attracted business and trade in
the surrounding area. What used to be a vast sugarcane field has now been transformed to a busy
development area in the city. This relatively new Italianate style building was designed by Architect Orlando
M. Mateo and became one of the most photographed landmarks of Bacolod.
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Government

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Center
02 It was built in the neo-Classical Renaissance
style, which is to stay it is reminiscent of
another notable all-white structure you’ll find
at 1 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington
D.C.!

New Government Center is a Doric type of

classical architecture.
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Government
01 Center
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 The
Infante
House The Infante House in Hacienda Guadalupe, La Carlota, Negros Occidental
was the home of Don Teodulfo Infante and Dona Rosita Sanchez. Built in

02 1929, it is a well-preserved example of a hacienda house set in the midst of

a farm. It was declared a Heritage House in 2001.
HISTORY

Located in the middle of a farm and surrounded by a chapel, sugar mill,

tenant houses, and sheds, as described by The International Committee for
the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage, the two-storey mansion was
the home of Don Teodulfo Infante and Doña Rosita Sanchez.
Inside, many of the Infante family’s furniture can still be seen. A long,
rectangular wooden table lined with chairs was probably used by the
family as their dining table.
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The Don Teodolfo personally designed and drew the intricate designs
and woodwork. For instance, the house’s exterior boasts elegance
Infante with intricate woodwork, carvings, and columns. The Infante House

House is an Ionic type of classical architecture.

 Negros
Museum
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March 16, 1996 was the official opening of The
Negros Museum to the public. The building is a
historic neoclassical structure built in 1925 which
was formerly the capitol building where the past
governors of Negros Occidental held office until the
HISTORY

early 1970’s.
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HISTORY

Museum
Negros Museum is a privately owned It also includes art exhibits and expositions
provincial museum situated in the Negros from different local artists and foreign
Occidental Provincial Capitol Complex in artists resident in Negros Island Region.
Bacolod, Philippines. The structure was built Art training and seminars are also
in 1925 as the Provincial Agriculture conducted inside the museum. The building
Building. The museum is the first in its kind was designed by Architect Juan Arellano
to not house precious archaeological artifacts, best known for Manila’s Metropolitan
but rather was designed to display Negrense Theater.
lifestyle and society, which includes old
furnishings and loaned items from ancestral
houses.
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Negros
Museum
The building features columns and ornamentation in the
front facade. The columns of the Museum are inspired by
the Corinthian Classical Order. An ornate capital carved
with stylized acanthus leaves and four scrolls. Double hung
and symmetrical windows are also embedded in the
building. And also the use of symmetry in the spacing of
windows and columns.
 Manuel Severino
HISTORY

Hofilena Ancestral
House
Silay City's stone houses, or bahay na bato most of which are owned by
landed farmers and sugar barons are material reminders of the life of the
affluent in the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the golden age of
Silay and the peak of the sugar industry in the province. One of these
houses, the Hofileña Ancestral House, was built in 1934.

During World War II, when the family fled to the mountains, the house was
used by Japanese commanders who had meetings here. The house was later
occupied by the Americans.
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Hofilena Ancestral
House
Most of its architectural details were influenced by other houses. Its roof is
of classic steep and wide eaves, unlike the galvanized iron sheets that have
been the popular roofing material in Manila. The wide steps that lead to the
portico are of American influence. Materials used were hardwood. The
grand staircase, which came from Gilda Hofileña's ancestral house, is made
of ironwood, or "balayong", which is not susceptible to termites and
impenetrable by nails. The balustrades were individually carved by
HISTORY

carpenters.

The floor is made of narra, and polished regularly, giving it a shiny surface.
The walls are made of balayong as well. The doors are wide and have
tracery cutwork, also known as callado, that provides space for air and
light to pass through.
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Manuel Severino
Hofilena Ancestral
House
The Doric inspired columns are embedded
on this structure. A symmetrical
configuration and double hung windows
are also applied. And it also features the
facade topped with pediments.
 The Broce
Ancestral
House
The Broce Ancestral House was built in 1937. They commission a Japanese architect to build this
momentous structure. It was used as a Japanese Garrison during World War II. The main
intention in building the fortress-like mansion was for Don Florentino Broce and his family who
were one of the richest and vastest landowners of the city. The children of Don Florentino were
raised at the mansion and after the World War II, part of the east wing of the first floor was
restructured.
The Broce
Ancestral House
The windows were removed and was cemented since it was
rented by the Philippine National Bank and their vault was
kept there. Later in the 1960’s, the City Government rented the
establishment and used it as the City Hall. During the late 70’s
it was used as the City Court. Recently, the property is
considered closed and unused, but it still holds significance as
one of the first built structures in the city and remain as a city
attraction that holds so much history and value.
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Ancestral
House
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Bacolod City
Diamond
Jubilee Tower
The Bacolod City Welcome Arch is a later addition to the
city square. It is officially known as the Bacolod City
Diamond Jubilee Tower, also known as the Bacolod
Government Center replica. The structure was dedicated on
June 18, 2013. The tower was built to commemorate the
date, the Charter of the City of Bacolod. Commonwealth
Act No. 326 was signed into law by then President Manuel
Luis Quezon on October 19, 1941. This is probably the
tallest man-made structure in the plaza.
Bacolod City
Diamond
Jubilee Tower
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 Balay Puti
A poignantly tragic love story allegedly unfolded
through a lifetime within its walls. The stately
mansion was inherited by Emilio Ledesma (and
wife Rosario Locsin) from his father, sugar baron
Don Jose “Pepe” Ledesma, the major financier of
the construction of the church, who commissioned
the same Italian architect to design his residence,
ensuring its place at the center of Silay society. A
family drama of love and despair imploded within
this elegant setting.
Balay
Puti
Originally built around 1920 as the family home of Emilio
Ledesma and his wife Rosario Locsin, the house was
bequeathed to their only daughter Adela who lived here,
unmarried and without heirs, until her death in 2012. Since
then, the property has changed hands twice, but still bought
and sold well within the Ledesma-Locsin clan. This neo-
classical mansion was erected in the pre-war era when Silay
families had a penchant for having their homes and
commercial buildings done by European architects.

Both the neighboring San Diego Pro-Cathedral and the

Ledesma-Locsin mansion were designed by Italian architect
Lucio Bernasconi.
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Town Hall
Enrique B. Magalona (also known as E.B. Magalona
and formerly known as Saravia) is a second class
municipality in the province of Negros Occidental,
Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a
population of 59,434 people.

The municipality is named after Enrique B.

Magalona, former Senator of the Philippines and the
HISTORY

grandfather of the late Filipino rap icon Francis

Magalona. The architect is Mr. Richard J. Chard.
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Enrique
B.
Magalona
Town Hall
& Balay
Puti
 Negros
Occidental
Provincial Capitol
The Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol
Building followed Daniel Burnham's Beaux Art
style. When William Cameron Forbes was the
governor general in the Philippines in 1904, he
invited Burnham to the country, who, in turn,
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recommended as consulting architect to the

government William E. Parsons.
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Provincial Capitol
HISTORY

When he arrived in 1905, Parsons The building is built in a shape of the letter

established the architectural office of the E composed of the main entrance, which is
the middle part, and of the wings on both
Bureau of Public Works which was
sides of the center. The prominent feature
composed of American and Filipino
of the central section are wide steps that
architects, such as Juan Nakpil, Tomas
lead to colonnades of about three-story
Mapua, and Juan de Guzman high and with Corinthian capitals on the
Arellano.Using the neo-classical upper portion. The works of National Artist
architectural design of Burnham for the for Sculpture Guillermo Tolentino are
capitol, Juan Arellano executed the displayed in the capitol building and the

project. lagoon fronting the building

 Negros
Occidental
Provincial
Capitol
This structure or building is embedded the elements
of a classical greek architecture such as the column
in corinthian order, a proportioned and symmetrical
facade, classical motifs and sculptures, rectangular
windows and doors evenly spaced out. The overlook
facade of the building and its whole structure shows
elegance and intellect which is the highlight of a
classical architecture.
 Sipalay City
Hall
Built in 2012, this city landmark with a neo-
classical design is the seat of the government of
Sipalay City. This three story building painted in
white, houses most of the city government
offices and is also a venue to some formal
occasions and gatherings. It is located in
Barangay Gil Montilla which is 10 minutes from
the city proper. Dynamic builders and
construction HISTORY
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Sipalay City Hall

This structure or building is a neo classical design,
one of the most prominent architectural styles in
the Western world. This building speaks grandeur,
scale and simplicity which characterized a greek
and roman details. It is highly balance and
proportion especially how the windows and doors
were placed, it has columns, domes and mixed of
curvy and straight lines describes the greek and
roman style and a facade that is clean and elegant
looking.