HISTORY OF BAHAY NAKPIL-BAUTISTA
Built in: 1994Location: Hidalgo St. Quiapo, ManilaOwner: Dr.
Ariston Bautista and Petrona NakpilArchitect: Arcadio Arellano
Bahay Nakpil is located at the Heart of Quiapo which is a
district and a primary city square of Manila. It derives its name
from the water cabbage (Pistia stratiotes), which is named Quiapo
or Kiapo in the Tagalog language. Referred to as the "Old Downtown
of Manila", Quiapo is home to the Quiapo Church, where the feast of
the Black Nazarene is held with millions of people attending
annually. Quiapo has also made a name for itself as a place for
marketplace bargain hunting.
Plaza Miranda, in the heart of the Quiapo district, is a town
square named after Jose Sandino y Miranda, who served as secretary
of the treasury of the Philippines from 1853 to 1863. It is located
in front of the Quiapo Church, and has become a popular site of
political rallies. On August 21, 1971, while the Liberal Party held
their Miting de Avance in the plaza, a bomb exploded, killing nine
and injuring almost 100 civilians.
The Quiapo district is also home to a sizable Muslim population
in Manila. The Golden Mosque and Green Mosque are located
there.
In recent years, the local government of Manila, spearheaded by
then Mayor Lito Atienza, launched the Buhayin ang Maynila
("Revitalize Manila") project which greatly rehabilitated Quiapo
and its vicinities, most especially Plaza Miranda, the Arsenio
Lacson Underpass and the University Belt. Parts of Rizal Avenue,
starting from Carriedo Street to Recto Avenue, were converted into
pedestrian shopping arcades.Since the American insular government
and commonwealth periods through to the late 1970s, Quiapo shared
its status as the center of the activities of Manila's social
elites as well as trade, fashion, art and higher learning with its
surrounding vicinities (Avenida Rizal, Binondo, Santa Cruz, Escolta
and the Manila University Belt). However, with the construction of
the Manila Light Rail Transit System's Yellow Line spanning over
Rizal Avenue, the occlusion of light, the trapping of smog and
vehicle emissions left the streets beneath dark, gloomy and with an
increase in crime and transients. Consequently, many long-time
establishments vacated the area. Following the People Power
Revolution in 1986, the vibrancy of Quiapo further diminished, with
the void filled by makeshift markets to accommodate visitors to the
Quiapo Church
Quiapo is geographically located at the very center of the city
of Manila. It is bounded by Estero de San Miguel to the South, San
Miguel to the east, Recto Avenue to the north and Quezon Boulevard
to the west.
BAHAY NAKPIL-BAUTISTAAn architecturally significant historical
Philippine site, stands at the heart of Quiapo, Manila on a
colonial era street now named after its famous resident, Dr.
Ariston Bautista, who built this house with his wife Petrona Nakpil
in 1914 on the site of a previous Nakpil house. Petronas two
brothers, Julio and Ramon, also lived here.Arcadio Arellano built
the house for Dr. Ariston Bautista and his wife, Petrona Nakpil,
which survives on 432 Barbosa Street (now A. Bautista Street),
Quiapo, two blocks away from the Enriquez house. Built in 1914, the
house is typical of its period: in the lower storey, thin, narrow,
brick walls pressed together by wooden studs; upstairs, rooms aired
by large calados and shaded by sufficient media aguas.It has
features typical of Manila houses following the destructive
earthquake of 1880: in the ground story, the brick walls are
noticeably thin (21 cm.) while the wooden posts are connected with
each other with several horizontal slats to carry the bricks.
Instead of making the stone walls thick to resist earthquakes, the
builders shifted their bet to multiple joints in the wooden
framework that carried the bricks. Over the brickwork a protective
lime mixture was plastered.The Nakpil-Bautista House also housed
the original Black Nazarene statue of Quiapo Church during the
World War II bombings.
Key figures in Philippine history who had lived in the
Nakpil-Bautista House
Dr. Ariston Bautista One of the first professors in the
University of the Philippines College of Medicine, also invented a
medicine to combat cholera.
Gregoria de Jesus (Oriang)The founder and vice-president of the
women's chapter of the Katipunan of the Philippines. She was also
the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan. She
married Gat Andrs Bonifacio, the Supremo of the Katipunan and
President of the Katagalugan Revolutionary Government. She played a
major and one of the important roles in the Philippine Revolution.
After the death of Bonifacio, she married Julio Nakpil, one of the
generals of the revolution. She had one son from Andrs Bonifacio
and five children from Julio Nakpil.
Julio NakpilA Filipino musician, composer and a General during
the Philippine Revolution against Spain. He was a member of the
Katipunan, a secret society turned revolutionary government which
was formed to overthrow the Spanish government in the Philippines.
His Katipunan adoptive name was J. Giliw or simply Giliw. He was
commissioned by Gat Andres Bonifacio, President of the
Revolutionary Government, to compose a hymn which was intended to
become the National Anthem of the Philippines. That hymn was
entitled "Marangal na Dalit ng Katagalugan". Thus, he is mostly
remembered as the composer of the first National Anthem of the
Philippines.
Juan NakpilA Filipinoarchitect, teacher and a community leader.
In 1973, he was named one of theNational Artistsfor architecture,
and tapped as the Dean of Filipino Architects.Dr. Ariston Bautista
was a fellow of our great national hero in a medicine school in
Madrid. Being an Ilustrado, Dr. Bautista joined the La Solidaridad
- a propaganda newspaper to awaken patriotism and freedom - with
Jose Rizal, Juan Luna, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Marcelo H Del Pilar
and other. Later on Dr. Ariston Bautista joined the Faculty of
Medicine of the University of Santo Tomas and became the first ever
Filipino Dean of College of Medicine and Surgery of the University
of the Philippines - Philippine General Hospital. Dr. Bautista and
Petrona Nakpil-Bautista never had a child. Dr. Ariston Bautista and
Petrona Nakpil-Bautista shared this Bahay na Bato to the Vice
Supremo of the Katipunan Julio Nakpil and his wife Gregoria de
Jesus. When Andres Bonifacio was assassinated in Cavite the young
"Oryang" Gregoria de Jesus was left alone. They had one child but
died early. Julio Nakpil being the Vice Supremo of the katipunan
took care of the Supremo's wife. Later on they fell in love and get
married and had children. Julio Nakpil a composer and his wife
Gregoria de Jesus lived in the house with Dr. Ariston Bautista and
Petrona Nakpil-Bautista until their death in the 1940's and 1960's.
Julio Nakpil and Petrona Nakpil-Bautista were siblings.
Inside The Bahay Nakpil
Replica of the Cedula that was teared by the Kapituneros as a
symbol of freedom from the Spaniards. This is your ticket to the
house.
Displays that tells the history of Quiapo and other structures
found in Quiapo
Displays that shows the family or Philippine figures who lived
in Bahay Nakpil
Replica of Black Nazarene: The Nakpil-Bautista House also housed
the original Black Nazarene statue of Quiapo Church during the
World War II bombings.
Left: Letter of Emilio Jacinto to Julio Nakpil (April 11,
1897)Right: Letter of Andres Bonifacio to Julio Nalpil (April 24,
1887)
History would tell us that Gregoria de Jesus loves coffee to the
point that she became and addict, thus this coffee grinder was an
essential to the kitchen.
Saya of Gregorial De Jesus
Cooking Utensils made by Gregoria De Jesus
Bed of Gregoria De Jesus
Tumba-Tumba where Oryang would seat and contemplate about
life
Part of the Bahay Nakpil where the life Gregoria De Jesus is
portrayed through the paintings displayed. Starting from her
marriage to Andres Bonifacio and her second marriage to Julio
Nakpil.
Some of the Displays Shows the History about KKK, about how they
were torture, their beliefs on anting-anting and how they recruit
members were the idea of networking was used or maybe
originated.