Malolos Historic Town Center

Malolos Historic Town Center
Native name Tagalog: Makasaysayang Kabayanan ng Malolos
The Malolos Cathedral, found at the heart of the Historic Town Center of Malolos. Its convent was used as the Palacio Presidencial of General Emilio Aguinaldo circa 1898 to 1899
Location	City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines 3000
Coordinates	14°50′40.2″N 120°48′40.6″E / 14.844500°N 120.811278°ECoordinates: 14°50′40.2″N 120°48′40.6″E / 14.844500°N 120.811278°E
Governing body	City Government of Malolos
Location of Malolos Historic Town Center in Philippines

The Malolos Historic Town Center is a historic district located in downtown Malolos City, Bulacan, Philippines. With its collection of Spanish and American-era houses and government structures, as well as being the birthplace of the First Republic of the Philippines, the National Historical Institute (now the National Historical Commission of the Philippines) declares a specific portion of downtown Malolos city as a National Historical Landmark and a Heritage Town.^[1]

Rationale for Declaration as Historic Town Center

The board resolution cites several reasons for the declaration of certain areas in downtown Malolos as National Historical Landmark and heritage Town:^[1]

• A number of men and women from Malolos became key figures in revolutionary movements during the Spanish-era;
• Malolos was declared capital of the First Philippine Republic and its Spanish-era infrastructure reused as government offices such as convent of the Malolos Cathedral, Barasoain Church and several houses along the Pariancillo/Kamestisuhan district;
• Malolos has retained retained a good number of note-worthy, old houses and other buildings which attest to the artistry, craftsmanship and ingenuity of its builders

Declared Areas

According to the board resolution, the following streets are identified as part of Malolos Historic Town Center:^[1]

Street Name	Barangay
Paseo del Congreso Street from Barasoain church to Malolos bridge	San Agustin
Padre Jose Burgos Street bound by Enriquez St. and Malolos Bridge
Hipolito Street bound by P. Burgos and Enriquez Streets
Cigarillera Street (Tampoy)	Santo Niño
Pariancillo Street
Santo Niño Street
F.T. Reyes (Electricidad) bound by Santo Niño Street and M. Tengco Street
M. Tengco Street bound by F. T. Reyes and F. Estrella Streets
F. Estrella Street bound by Liang River and Kanto Boy Street
Santiago - Cruz House at Jacinto Street (Pariancillo)
Pineda and Aldaba Houses at F. T. Reyes Street
Malolos Water Cistern at Plaza Torres	San Vicente

Built Heritage

Within the Declared Area

The following table lists down extant built heritage within the areas declared by the National Historical Institute:

Cultural Property wmph identifier	Site name	Description	Province	City/Municipality	Address/Location	Coordinates	Image
	Abad House	Ancestral House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Cigarillera Street	14°50′38″N 120°48′39″E / 14.843977°N 120.810735°E
	Gobierno Militar dela Plaza	- former ancestral of Dona Gregoria Adriano, became site of the Military Government established by Gen.Isidoro Torres, reused as Meralco Office	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Pariancillo Street	14°50′35″N 120°48′38″E / 14.843065°N 120.810498°E
	Dr.Johny Reyes House	Ancestral House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	752 F. Estrella Street	14°50′31″N 120°48′41″E / 14.842064°N 120.811348°E
	Casa Real Shrine	Built in 1580, this served as residence and office of the Gobernadorcillo of Malolos. It became the Treasury of Spanish Government during British Invasion of Manila and Casa Real in 1901. Today it is the Museum of Political History of the Philippines	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Paseo del Congreso Road	14°50′40″N 120°48′42″E / 14.844320°N 120.811561°E
	Casa Tribunal de Malolos	used as the Second Municipal Hall of Malolos in 1859 converted into a jailhouse during the First Philippine Republic in 1898.	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Pariancillo Street	14°50′36″N 120°48′36″E / 14.843312°N 120.810122°E
	Cathedral - Minor Basilica and Parish of the Immaculate Conception	built in 1580 and the present masonry church built in 1817	Bulacan	City of Malolos		14°50′33″N 120°48′42″E / 14.842595°N 120.811575°ECathedral - Minor Basilica and Parish of the Immaculate Conception)
	Crisostomo House	Spanish-era Ancestral House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	50 Pariancillo Street	14°50′34″N 120°48′34″E / 14.842879°N 120.809476°E
	Don Ramon Gonzalez de Leon House	Built in 1923, Chalet-type Ancestral House of Gobernadorcillo Don Ramon Gonzales de Leon	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Cigarillera Street	14°50′38″N 120°48′38″E / 14.844004°N 120.810501°E
	Dr. Luis Santos Art-Deco House	Built in 1933, Art Deco House of Dr Luis Uitangcoy Santos son of one of the women of Malolos Doña Alberta Uitangcoy Santos	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. T. Reyes Street	14°50′30″N 120°48′40″E / 14.841701°N 120.811005°E
	Don Erastro Cervantes House	Spanish-era House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Pariancillo Street	14°50′36″N 120°48′39″E / 14.843395°N 120.810913°E
	Eden Cinema	Post-war Movie House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Pariancillo Street	14°50′36″N 120°48′38″E / 14.843215°N 120.810605°E
	Don Fausto Chiong House	House of Don Fausto Chiong built in 1892 and it became Sectretaria de Interior in 1898-1899	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Pariancillo Street	14°50′36″N 120°48′39″E / 14.843313°N 120.810704°E
	Fountain, Dr. Luis Santos House	Sculpture by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. T. Reyes Street	14°50′30″N 120°48′39″E / 14.841616°N 120.810853°E
	Hermogenes Reyes House	1904 House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. T. Reyes	14°50′32″N 120°48′37″E / 14.842224°N 120.810234°E
	Holy Infant Academy	Former clinic of Dr. Luis Santos	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. T. Reyes Street	14°50′31″N 120°48′39″E / 14.841915°N 120.810861°E
	Iglesia Filipiniana Independiente	Aglipayan Cathedral Church of Malolos built in 1903	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. Estrella Street	14°50′28″N 120°48′44″E / 14.841205°N 120.812208°E
	Jose Cojuangco House (Tagalog: Pook Kapanganakan ni Jose Cojuanco)	Birthplace of Jose Chichioco Cojuangco, with marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Liang	14°50′42″N 120°48′46″E / 14.845007°N 120.812699°E
	Jacinto-Lomotan House	American-era House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Santo Niño Street	14°50′34″N 120°48′36″E / 14.842708°N 120.809928°E
	Malolos Central Elementary School	Mission-style, Gabaldon-type Schoolhouse built in 1913	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. Estrella Street	14°50′22″N 120°48′48″E / 14.839539°N 120.813221°E
	Malolos City Hall	Neo-classical town hall erected in 1940	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. Estrella Street	14°50′38″N 120°48′40″E / 14.843815°N 120.811239°E
	Aguas Potables de Malolos	American period water tank built in 1923	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Plaza Torres	14°50′34″N 120°48′45″E / 14.842896°N 120.812390°E
	Mariano Crisostomo House	American-era House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. Estrella Street	14°50′26″N 120°48′45″E / 14.840496°N 120.812406°E
	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Church	popularly referred to as Barasoain Church	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Paseo del Congreso Road	14°50′47″N 120°48′45″E / 14.846456°N 120.812385°E
	Reyes-Crisostomo House		Bulacan	City of Malolos	Santo Niño Street	14°50′34″N 120°48′38″E / 14.842808°N 120.810498°E
	Reyes Prayer Room		Bulacan	City of Malolos	Santo Niño Street	14°50′34″N 120°48′36″E / 14.842860°N 120.810029°E
	Santo Rosario Chapel	Stone chapel built in 1870	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. Estrella Street	14°50′25″N 120°48′43″E / 14.840326°N 120.811899°E
	Don Jose Bautista House	Spanish-era house famous for its caryatid posts. Has ornately sculpted Neo-Classic touches and was built in the 1850s and redecorated in 1877 in the French Art Nouveau style. It was the Secretaria de Fomento and home of Don Antonio Bautista, Aguinaldo's Secretary of the Interior. It contains heirloom memorabilia including the original KKK flag and here, José Rizal and Marcelo H. del Pilar spoke to the 21 women of Malolos on June 27, 1892.	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Santo Niño Street	14°50′33″N 120°48′37″E / 14.842567°N 120.810345°E
	School of the Women of Malolos	Remaining stone wall of the Instituto Mujeres, with marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Site where Rizal addressed his famous letter to the 21 women of Malolos who petitioned Governor General Valeriano Weyler for a night school for women on December 12, 1888	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Santo Niño Street	14°50′33″N 120°48′35″E / 14.842588°N 120.809703°E
	Tampoy Bridge	Spanish-era bridge built in 1817 and renovated in 1925	Bulacan	City of Malolos		14°50′38″N 120°48′41″E / 14.843985°N 120.811423°E
	1820 Antonio Bautista Mansion	Also referred to as Don Antonio Bautista House, famous for its Art-Nouveau Interiors with contributions from Isabelo Tampingco	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Paseo del Congreso Road	14°50′41″N 120°48′41″E / 14.844590°N 120.811321°E
	Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos House	declared a Heritage House (Level 1) by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines	Bulacan	City of Malolos	F. T. Reyes Street	14°50′31″N 120°48′37″E / 14.841988°N 120.810416°E

Outside the Declared Area

The following table lists down extant built heritage outside the declared National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Institute but are still covered by the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 as cultural property:^[2]

Cultural Property wmph identifier	Site name	Description	Province	City/Municipality	Address/Location	Coordinates	Image
	Barasoain Catholic Cemetery	Spanish-era cemetery built in 1859	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Antonio Bautista Street	14°50′55″N 120°48′35″E / 14.848684°N 120.809857°E
	Bulacan Provincial Capitol	Art-deco capitol designed by Juan Arellano erected in 1930	Bulacan	City of Malolos		14°51′23″N 120°48′52″E / 14.8565°N 120.8144°E
	Chiong House	1933 American-era House	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Malolos-Hagonoy Provincial Road	14°50′24″N 120°48′06″E / 14.839918°N 120.801549°E
	Malolos Catholic Cemetery	Spanish-era cemetery built in 1680	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Tubigan Street	14°50′28″N 120°48′53″E / 14.841101°N 120.814708°E
	Malolos Railway Station	Spanish-era train station built in 1892	Bulacan	City of Malolos		14°51′15″N 120°48′51″E / 14.854087°N 120.814195°E
	Santa Isabel de Ungria Parish Church	Mudejar-style stone church dating from the late 1859	Bulacan	City of Malolos	Caluag Street	14°50′22″N 120°50′04″E / 14.839509°N 120.834376°E

References

1. "Declaring the Historic Town Center of Malolos in Bulacan as a National Historical Landmark" (PDF). http://nhcp.gov.ph/. National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)
2. "National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009" (PDF). http://www.ncca.gov.ph/. National Commission on Culture and the Arts. Retrieved 30 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)

See Also

• Philippine Registry of Cultural Property

External Links

• List of Board Resolutions of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines
• Republic Act No. 10066 - National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009