# Heritage houses of the Philippines

Heritage house is a declaration to houses in the Philippines which have significant cultural, historical, social, architectural and artistic value as
designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.
As of 2025, there are 60 heritage houses declared.

## Criteria for declaration

Any house in the Philippines can be declared a heritage house if they follow the following criteria set forth by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines:
* The house must be at least 50 years of age
* Must be representative of Development or style of architecture
* The house must retain at least 75% of its original structure and should not have undergone major renovations that significantly altered its authenticity.

## Declared heritage houses per region
### National Capital Region

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
| Mira-nila House | Cubao, Quezon City | Art deco mansion of the built by Conrado Benitez. The name Mira-nila supposedly came from Helena Benitez, Conrado's daughter, who shouted "mira a Manila" ("look at Manila") to point out the fire in Intramuros in the 1930s | Resolution No. 04, S. 2011 | 2011 |
| Lichauco House | Sta. Ana, Manila | A Bahay na bato built in 1859 occupied by affluent lawyer and diplomat Marcial Lichauco | Lichauco House 10NHC Resolution No. 06, S. 2010 | 2011 |

### Region I

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
| Side of Syquia MansionSyquia Mansion | Vigan, Ilocos Sur | Large bahay na bato of Justo Angco built in 1830. Famous for being the home of Alice Syquia, first lady of the Philippines and wife of President Elpidio Quirino. | Syquia Mansion plateNHI. Board Resolution 1, s. 2002 | 2002 |

### Region III

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
| Hizon Ancestral House | San Fernando, Pampanga | Bahay na bato built for Saturnino Henson y David. | Resolution No. 03, S. 2003 | 2003 |
| Singian-Hizon Ancestral House | San Fernando, Pampanga | Built in 1870 by Anacleto Hizon, Gobernadorcillo of San Fernando and Victoria Singian de Miranda y De campo | Resolution No. 04, S. 2003 | 2003 |
| Cuyugan-Dayrit Ancestral House | San Fernando, Pampanga | American domestic style bahay na bato built in 1920 Joaquin Dayrit y Singian and Maria Paz Cuyugan y de Leon. | Resolution No. 05, S. 2003 | 2003 |
| Lazatin Ancestral House | San Fernando, Pampanga | American style bahay na bato built in 1925 for Serafin Lazatin y Ocampo and Encarnacion Singian y Torres. | Resolution No. 6, S. 2003 | 2003 |
| IJVAlbertaUitangcoy1Alberta Uitangcoy House | Malolos City, Bulacan | House of Alberta Uitancoy, one of the 20 women of the town who were the first to built a night school to study the Spanish language. Now the Museum of the Women of Malolos. | Resolution No. 07, S. 2010 | 2010 |
| Augusto P. Hizon House | San Fernando, Pampanga | Victorian-style mansion built by Teodoro and Africa Ventura which was eventually bought by Maria Salome Hizon, which was eventually inherited by Augusto Hizon. | Resolution No. 06, S. 2010 | 2010 |
| Casa dela Fuente "Bahay na Malaki" | San Rafael, Bulacan | A bahay na bato built by Don Vicente Trinidad dela Fuente in 1890. | NHCP no. 7, s. 2022 | 2022 |

### Region IV-A

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
| Casa de Segunda (Lipa)Luz-Katigbak Ancestral House | Lipa,Batangas | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built in the 1860s for Don Manuel Mitra de San Miguel-Luz and Doña Segunda Solis Katigbak | Resolution No. 04, S. 1996 | 1996 |
| Ylagan-De La Rosa Ancestral House | Taal, Batangas | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built in 1800 for Don Julian Ylagan and Doña Dionisia Agoncillo-Ylagan | Resolution No. 09, S. 1998 | 1998 |
| Goco Ancestral House | Taal, Batangas | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built for Don Juan Goco, KKK treasurer | NHI Board Resolution No. 03, S. 2000 | 2000 |
| Sarayba House | Gen. Trias, Cavite | Bahay na bato of Doña Maria Dolores Gomes-Trias | Resolution No. 06, S. 2005 | 2005 |
| Natalio Enriquez House | Sariaya, Quezon | Art deco mansion built in 1932 by Arch. Andres Luna de San Pedro for Natalio Enriquez, Governor of Tayabas (1940–1946) | Resolution No. 02, S. 2008 | 2008 |
| Rodriguez House | Sariaya, Quezon | A bahay na bato built in 1922 for Don Catalino Rodriguez, town Presidente of Sariaya in the 1910s | Resolution No. 03, S. 2008 | 2008 |
| Gala-Rodriguez House | Sariaya, Quezon | 1930s Art deco mansion designed by National Artist Juan Nakpil for Dr. Isidro Rodriguez and Doña Gregoria Gala, wealthy plantation owners | Historical Marker Gala-Rodriguez HouseResolution No. 06, S. 2008 | 2008 |

### Region IV-B

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
| Casa Narvas | Boac, Marinduque | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato built in the 1892 by Vicente Narvas | Resolution No. 01, S. 2007 | 2007 |

### Region VI -Western Visayas

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
| Lopez Ancestral House | Iloilo City, Iloilo | Also referred to as the Lopez Boathouse, the Streamline Moderne mansion was built in 1935 for the wealthy Lopez family of Iloilo. | Resolution No. 03, S. 2002 | 2002 |
| Roca Encantada | Guimaras Island | Translates to Enchanted rock, this mansion on an island, with its current iteration built in the 1940s and modifications in 2002, was built for the Lopez family of Iloilo | Resolution No. 12, s. 2002 | 2002 |
| Bahay na Bato in Antique | San Jose de Buenavista, Antique | Also known as the Azurin-Gella House, the site is a restored 19th century Bahay na bato, only extant example of bahay na bato architecture in Antique | Board resolution 7, S. 2020 | 2020 |
| Ledesma Ancestral House | Jaro, IloIlo | A bahay na bato built by Doña Pacita Lopez in the 1820s. Occupied by the Ledesma family. | NHCP no. 14, s. 2022 | 2022 |

### Region VII

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year declared |
| Clarin Ancestral House | Loay, Bohol | Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato built in 1844 for Don Aniceto Velez Clarin. Notable for its use of Nipa leaves, a rarity in old homes in the Philippines due to its fragility. | Resolution No. 08, S. 1998 | 1998 |
| Silva House | Carcar, Cebu | Built in the 1880s by brothers Benito Silva and Father Anastacio Del Coro from reclaimed materials | Silva house historical markerResolution No. 07, S. 2009 | 2009 |
| Balay Na Tisa | Carcar, Cebu | A large limewashed bahay na bato built in Don Roman Sarmiento 1859 famed for its preserved red clay tiles, a rarity now in the Philippines, from which it is named | Resolution No. 08, S. 2009 | 2009 |
| "Sa Dakong Balay” (Don Florencio Noel House) | Carcar, Cebu | Coralstone and wood Bahay na bato of Don Florencio Noel built in the late 1880s | Resolution No. 09, S. 2009 | 2009 |
| Mercado Ancestral HomeMercado Mansion | Carcar, Cebu | Early 19th century bahay na bato built by Don Mariano Mercado | Resolution No. 10, S. 2009 | 2009 |
| Carlos P. Garcia House | Tagbilaran, Bohol | Provincial residence of Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Republic of the Philippines. Built in the early 1950s, the house was originally rented from the Jorolan family. | Resolution No. 10, S. 2009 | 2009 |

### Negros Island Region (NIR)

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
| Manuel Severino Hofileña Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Built in 1934, this fusion of art deco and art nouveau mansion served as the ancestral house of the Hofileña family | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Claudio Hilado Akol Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Largely demolished. Lot now owned by the Locsin Genealogy Foundation | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Manuel dela Rama Locsin Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | An arcaded American era residential and commercial building built by Manuel dela Rama Locsin in 1935. | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Felix Tad-y Lacson Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Demolished in 2014 | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Soledad and Maria Montelibano Lacson Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Kapitan Marciano Montelibano Lacson Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato turned commercial space of Capt. Marciano Montelibano Lacson | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Vicente Conlu Lacson Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato of Vicente Conlu Lacson. | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Maria Ledesma Goles Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | An expansive art deco house of Maria Ledesma Goles. Adaptively reused as a bank. | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Jose Ledesma Ledesma Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish-American inspired ancestral house of the Ledesma family | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Teodoro Morada Heritage HouseTeodoro Morada Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish- American inspired two-storey house | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Generoso Reyes Gamboa Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Twin Houses in the Spanish colonial-era bahay na bato style built for Generoso Reyes Gamboa's sons Ernesto and Generoso Jr. | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Digna Locsin Consing Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| German Lacson Gaston Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Carlos Javelosa Jalandoni Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | American colonial-era bahay na bato which served as the ancestral home of the wealthy Jalandoni family | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Dr. Jose Corteza Locsin Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Art deco ancestral House of former Philippine senator Dr. Jose Corteza Locsin | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Bernardino Jalandoni Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Also known as the Pink house, the Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato was the residence of Don Bernardino and Doña Ysabel Jalandoni. | Resolution No. 3 s. 1993 | 1993 |
| German Locsin Unson Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial revival house built in 1938 | German Locsin Unson Ancestral House Historical MarkerNHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Delfin Ledesma Ledesma Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Cesar Lacson Locsin Ancestal House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato of Lacson-Locsin clan. Continues to be the site of the family bakery the El Ideal. | NHI Board Resolution no . 3, S. 1993 | 1993 |
| Victor Fernandez Gaston Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | More famously known as Balay Negrense. A two-storey hacienda house of Victor F. Gaston and Prudencia Fernandez | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Carlos Arceo Ledesma Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Jose Benedicto Gamboa Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | An art deco house with a notable American style sun porch, built for Jose Benedicto Gamboa. | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Angel Araneta Ledesma Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | American style bahay na bato of Angel Araneta | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Benita Jara Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Spanish colonial-era style bahay na bato of now the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod Building | Benita Jara Ancestral House MarkerResolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Amelia Hilado Flores Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Alejandro Amercharuza Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Jose Corteza Locsin Ancestral HouseJose Corteza Locsin Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Neo-Spanish Mission style mansion of Jose Corteza Locsin built in the 1930s. | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Augusto Hilado Severino Ancestral House | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Demolished. Site now owned by the Iglesia ni Cristo | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Lino Lope Severino House Baldevia Building south (Rizal Street, Silay, Negros Occidental; 10-27-2022)Severino Building | Silay City, Negros Occidental | Also known as the Baldevia, it is the house and commercial building of Lino Lope Severino, known to be the first department store in Negros. | Resolution No. 1 s. 1994 | 1994 |
| Infante Heritage House | La Carlota City, Negros Occidental | Hacienda house built by Don Teodulfo Infante and Doña Rosita Sanchez in 1929 | NHI Board Resolution no . 1, S. 2001 | 2001 |

### Region VIII

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
| Oppus Ancestral House | Maasin city, Southern Leyte | Bahay na bato of the Oppus family. Now houses the Southern Leyte Public Library | Resolution No. 07, S. 2005 | 2005 |

### Region X

| Official Heritage House Name | Location | Description | Designation/ Declaration/ Official Marker | Year Installed |
| Macapagal-Macaraeg Ancestral House | Iligan city, Lanao del Norte | Built in the 1950 for the Macaraeg family. | | 2002 |