Comments on: Clarin Ancestral Home, Loay, Bohol

By: alonabeach

alonabeach — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:41:44 +0000

@millet : the house behind the Tagbilaran Church is the Rocha-Suarez Ancestral Home.i think it is also a Heritage House and much older than that of the Clarins

By: eduardo clarin

eduardo clarin — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:55:43 +0000

taga ilocos norte ako dyan din ang ancestral home namin

By: denise

denise — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:26:09 +0000

you’re welcome quiapo! the owner is the CEO of San Jose Builders

By: tes

tes — Thu, 06 May 2010 12:18:51 +0000

the balay na tisa in carcar is more well preserved than this house, but then it all depends on descendant’s priority and extra resources.

By: wanderingfoodie

wanderingfoodie — Thu, 06 May 2010 06:12:34 +0000

@millet: no, it is located in Loay, Bohol. if you go river cruise, you’ll pass by this house.

By: marcial bonifacio

marcial bonifacio — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:54:45 +0000

classic yung tv nato! used to watch voltes v in this tv/wood cabinet..nice to know that this mansion is still preserved, love to visit this place someday.=D

By: Betchay

Betchay — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:40:54 +0000

I love looking at old houses and art deco buildings.It’s really sad that financing the restoration is not the only problem but a sense of culture and history is lacking in many of our countrymen nowadays.Why cannt we be like Singapore who really make an effort to preserve their heritage houses?And to think that we have an older and more colorful history than theirs.Look what happen to the art deco Jai Alai building and what about the deteriorating Metropolitan Theatre? Tsk!tsk!tsk! The Government should be more supportive.

By: quiapo

quiapo — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:13:42 +0000

It is heartening to see our heritage is being preserved, even though at a budget. Some of the wood used in construction of old houses and furniture is from trees that are nearly extinct. Denise, thanks for the link. In Lipa the home of Segundina Katigbak has been preserved as a similar museum.
I wonder if there is an association promoting preservation of old homes and furnishings.

By: millet

millet — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:16:14 +0000

is this the one right behind the tagbilaran church? the one close to the shore? i love the solihiya (cane weaving) in the furniture. the beds are beautiful.

By: wanderingfoodie

wanderingfoodie — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:29:39 +0000

hi mm! my town is 30 mins away from the clarin ancestral too. sometimes when we go to tagbilaran, we drop by there and eat our merienda. i noticed that old houses look similar. the walls and floors….my lolo’s house is kinda like that but it was built 1930s. the Clarin House is older than my lolo’s house.