The Mansion

The Mansion House is the reliable summer time palace of the President of the Philippines. The mansion is located in the summer time capital of the usa, Baguio, located around 5,000 toes asl within the Cordillera Central Range of northern Luzon. The Mansion House turned into constructed in 1908 to function the respectable summer time residence of U.S. Governors-General on the insistence of Governor-General William Cameron Forbes.

The name is derived from the summer time cottage in New England of Governor Forbes whose administration the authentic Mansion House changed into built beneath. Architect William E. Parsons, based totally on preliminary plans by means of architect Daniel H. Burnham the planner of the town of Baguio, designed the mountain retreat following the tenets of the City Beautiful Movement. In 1910, the assembly of the Second Philippine Legislature was held at the Mansion House for 3 weeks. With the inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth, the Mansion at the side of Malacañan Palace became grew to become over to the Philippine president.