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Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:21

Emelita Almozara, deputy director of National Historical Institute, unveils the historical markers to three stately ancestral mansions in Sariaya, Quezon, giving government recognition to these houses. The unveiling and blessing rites were witnessed by local and provincial government officials, members of Tuklas Sariaya, and immediate members of the clans who own the old houses. Rina Marquez, great-granddaughter of the original owner of one of the mansions, tells of how celebrities and political leaders, including President Manuel Quezon, used to stay in the old concrete house, which the natives call "bahay na bato (house of stone)" adjacent to the centuries-old St. Francis of Assisi Church.


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Isn't the large house next to the Church original
Rfajarda (198.241.217.xxx) 2008-10-30 00:19:42
I wonder which "original owner" this article is referring to in the
following context: 


"Rina Marquez, great-granddaughter of the original owner of one of the
mansions, tells of how celebrities and political leaders,
including President Manuel Quezon, used to stay in the old concrete
house, which the natives call "bahay na bato (house of stone)"
adjacent to the centuries-old St. Francis of Assisi Church."

If this is the house next to the Church and at the corner of Rizal
and General Luna (National highway), then it was originally owned by
the Enriquez's (i.e., Natalio Enriquez), not the Marquez's.

I grew up
in Sariaya near the vicinity of these houses/mansions. I know
that this house was purchased by Bienvenido Marquez around 20 years
ago. Therefore, the Marquez's cannot be the original owners of this house.
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