Claim: The backside of the Thelmo House, former residence of the "Beacon in the Feminist Movement", is made of bricks to check soil erosion from the estero beside the property, while the garage at the far end had been converted into a carinderia that operates irregularly.
Evidence: The backside is made of bricks to check soil erosion from the estero beside the property. Currently owned by the Thelmo family, the house is believed to be the former residence of Justice Natividad Almeda-Lopez, the first female lawyer in the Philippines. She has been described as a "beacon in the feminist movement" The garage at the far end had been converted into a carinderia that operates irregularly.