Fule-Malvar Mansion | |
Native Name: | Mansyong Fule-Malvar |
Alternate Names: | White house, Puting Bahay |
Address: | Jose Rizal Avenue, San Pablo, Laguna |
Location Country: | Philippines |
Completion Date: | 1915 |
Architect: | Abelardo Lafuente García-Rojo |
Architectural Style: | Romantic Classicism |
The Fule-Malvar Mansion, also known as the White House, is a historic house located at San Pablo in Laguna Philippines.
In 1991, the National Historical Institute placed a historical marker. In 2018, it is was declared a heritage edifice by virtue of San Pablo City Local Ordinance 53–2018, which also declared the San Pablo Heritage zone, recognizing its historical and aesthetic significance.[1] The building is protected under National Cultural Heritage Act.[2]
Built by spouses Eusebia Fule and Potenciano Malvar, the first appointed mayor[3] after the approval of Commonwealth Act No. 520 creating the city of San Pablo.[4] The mansion was finished in 1915,[5] designed by Architect Abelardo Lafuente García-Rojo.[6]
The mansion provided housing for visiting presidents, government officials and dignitaries like Manuel L. Quezon, Sergio Osmena, Manuel Roxas and Ramon Magsaysay.
The mansion was bequeathed to their nephews and nieces who eventually sold it to National Life Insurance Company in 1966. Acquired in 1988 by the Philippine American Life Insurance Company which restored it to its previous form in 1990[7] which maintained the building till its departure from the premises in 2021.[8]
In 2022, after repairs, it now houses the 3rd District Congressional Satellite Office.[9]