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Laperal White House
The house in 2022
Laperal White House is located in Luzon
Laperal White House
Laperal White House is located in Philippines
Laperal White House
Alternative namesLaperal Guesthouse
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleVictorian architecture
Town or cityBaguio
CountryPhilippines
Coordinates16°24′40″N 120°36′17″E / 16.41110°N 120.60472°E / 16.41110; 120.60472
Current tenantsIfugao Bamboo Carving Gallery
Completed1930s
Technical details
MaterialNarra and yakal wood

The Laperal Guesthouse, popularly known as Laperal White House, is a building in Baguio, Philippines which housed a museum[1] and is now the home of a new restaurant called Joseph's (owned by the older brother of ABS-CBN News broadcast journalist, Bernadette Sembrano).[2]

History

The house was built by Roberto Laperal in the 1930s. The house is made of narra and yakal wood, designed in Victorian style with its wooden planks and gables and steep roof.[3] The clan heads, Roberto and Victorina Laperal made the house as their vacation home.[4]

The house was sold by Roberto Laperal Jr. and his wife, Purificacion Manotok Laperal. The house withstood many natural and man-made disasters, such as the 1990 Luzon earthquake.

Chinese Filipino billionaire tycoon Lucio Tan purchased the property in 2007 but never stayed in the place during his trips to Baguio.[5] He instead had it renovated and refurbished with proper maintenance then made it into a tourist attraction. From then on, the house was opened to public.

In 2013, the tycoon's Tan Yan Kee Foundation transformed the house into a Bamboo Foundation museum which houses Filipino artworks made of bamboo and wood.

In popular culture

According to believers, the house is haunted.[3] The 2010 horror movie White House featured the building.

Photo gallery

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laperal White House.

References

  1. ^ "Inside Baguio's Most Haunted: The Laperal White House". The Poor Traveler. August 2013.
  2. ^ Vibal, Leana (December 20, 2022). "Baguio's Famous Laperal White House Is Now an Upscale Restaurant". SPOT.PH. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  3. ^ a b Caluza, Desiree (1 November 2013). "Signs of the spirits in 'White House'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Would you buy a haunted house? Because some investors are not afraid". Philstar Life. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  5. ^ Gonzales, Iris (4 January 2018). "Lucio Tan's 'haunted' house". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
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