The Pagunsan Ancestral House, built in 1951 in Belison, Antique, is a two-story structure made of strong woods like payhud, acacia, narra, and laua-an, with cement walls on the first floor. It was constructed by Bernabe Pagunsan, a public school teacher, to provide comfort for his middle-class family, with a master bedroom on the ground floor and a library on the second floor. The house has undergone some repairs on doors, floors, windows, and the kitchen due to wear over time. It served as a home for the Pagunsan family and hosted important visitors such as the former Vice Governor Antero Pagunsan and Belison’s second mayor, Getulio Tumangday. The house also holds social and spiritual value, as it was a place for Baptist missionaries linked to the family’s religious beliefs. Though the structure is still on its original site, it is now deteriorating, partly because the elderly owners mainly use the first floor, and there are no formal conservation efforts.
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Earl Macavinta, 2018
Mappers:
Clydie Joy D. Anfonga, Teodora Esgaran
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