BAGUIOWhen the Americans first came to Baguio in 1900, it was not yet even a town. It was then only a"rancheria" whose dominant feature was a large, low lying area called Kafagway.There were only a few houses and there were no roads. The rancheria was owned by Mateo Carino who was at that time the wealthiest man in Benguet Province.The Americans found Baguio an ideal site for a future city and a summer retreat from the sweltering heat of the lowlands.On June 1, 1903, a resolution was passed by the American colonial government, naming the town of Baguio as the summer capital of the Philippine Archipelago. The resolution also called for the construction of suitable buildings, the establishment of 19 townships, and the putting up of appropriate transportation. This was to prepare Baguio as the residence of all officers and employees of the Insular Government during the summer season when the climate in the lowlands was quite hot and very humid. A suitable site was selected for this purpose and which was later known as Camp John Hay.THE MANSIONLuke Edward Wright served as American Governor -Governor in the Philippines from 19041906.It was he who ordered architect Daniel H. Burnham to build Baguio as a recreational facility for American soldiers and civilians. Beautiful Wright Park, across Governor General's official summer residence, Mansion House, is named after him. Mansion House has been renamed The Mansion and now serves as the official summer residence of the President of the Philippines.CAMP JOHN HAYJohn Milton Hay, an American statesman, diplomat, author, journalist, and private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. He served as Secretary of State under U.S. Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from 1898 -1905.Thus the premiere U.S. Armed Forces rest and recreation facility in the Far East, Camp John Hay, was named after him.PAMPANGASan Fernando: a city rich in architectural heritageThe City of San Fernando Heritage District covers the historic core of San Fernando, including Barangay Santo Rosario and parts of Barangays San Jose (Panlumacan), Santa Teresita (Baritan), Lourdes (Teopaco), Del Pilar, Santa Lucia and Santo Nio.Lazatin House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)Built in 1925 by the couple Serafin Lazatin y Ocampo, sugar farmer and former president of SFELAPCO, and Encarnacion Singian y Torres. It was appropriated by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War to Serve as a residence of the 14th Army Commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, General Masaharu Homma, in San Fernando, Pampanga.

This ancestral house, which exemplifies the architecture prevalent during the American colonial period was declared a Heritage House by the National Historical Institute on 27 January 2003 by virtue of Resolution No. 6, S. 2003.

Dayrit -Cuyugan House (MacArthur Highway, Barangay Dolores)

Built in 1920 by the couple Joaquin Dayrit y Singian, sugar farmer, and Maria Paz Cuyugan y de Leon. Inherited by their eldest daughter Luz Dayrit y Cuyugan who was married to Ulderico Rodriguez from Bacolor.

This ancestral house, which exemplifies the architecture prevalent during the American colonial period was declared a Heritage House by the National Historical Institute on 27 January 2003 by virtue of Resolution No. 5, S. 2003.

Consunji House (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)

Residence of the presidente municipal of San Fernando during the Philippine Revolution, Don Antonio Consunji y Espina.

Pampanga Hotel (A. Consunji Street, Barangay Santo Rosario)

Residence of Asuncion Santos, daughter of Don Teodoro Santos, Sr. (Dorong Tola), who married Andres Eusebio. It was the first site of the Pampanga High School when it first opened in 1908. Later became the site of the Harvardian College and the Pampanga Hotel and Panciteria, now Pampanga Lodge and Restaurant.

Archdiocesan Chancery (A. Consunji Street, Barangay San Jose)

This former residence of Luis Wenceslao Dison and Felisa Hizon was designed by Arch. Fernando H. Ocampo and completed in the mid1930s. It was later purchased by the Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga and is now being used as the Archdiocesan Chancery.

Presidio (Artemio Macalino Street, Barangay Sto. Nio)

Among the buildings built in 1907 when the property of the current Provincial Capitol was acquired. It used to house the courts of Pampanga before serving as the Pampanga Provincial Jail.

Pampanga Provincial Hospital (Barangay Dolores)

Built during the American colonial period, it is currently part of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital.

San Fernando Train Station (Barangay Santo Nio)

Inaugurated by GovernorGeneral Eulogio Despujol and Bernardino Nozaleda, Archbishop of Manila, on February 23, 1892. Jose P. Rizal debarked from the station on June 27, 1892 and again the next day en route to Bacolor. During the Death March in April 1942, it was the ending point of the 102km Bataan Death March, from which Filipino and American prisonersofwar were carted to Capas, Tarlac en route to their final destination, Camp ODonnell.

PASUDECO Sugar Central (Capitol Boulevard, Barangay Santo Nio)

In January 1918, a group of prominent Kapampangans gathered at the home of Gov. Honorio Ventura in San Fernando to form an organization that would construct a nativefinanced central. These included Jose de Leon, Augusto Gonzales, Francisco Liongson, Serafin Lazatin, Tomas Consunji, Francisco Hizon, Jose P. Henson and Manuel Urquico. The organization was formally incorporated in April 1918 as the Pampanga Sugar Development Company.Finished in March 1921, the PASUDECO Sugar Central was the first Filipinofinanced sugar central in Pampanga. Built through the initiative of the Pampanga Sugar Development Company, it was constructed by the Honolulu Iron Works. Its existence became a catalyst for the exponential growth of San Fernando, the capital of the rich sugarproducing province of Pampanga.

On July 12, 1939, tragedy struck when Jose de Leon, Augusto Gonzalez, and Constabulary Captain Julian Olivas were gunned down at the administrative offices of PASUDECO. At that time, de Leon and Gonzalez were the two richest men in Pampanga and the biggest PASUDECO shareholders. Together, they had made the central perhaps the most successful and progressively operated one in the archipelago.

Today, the PASUDECO Sugar Central stands as a testament to the resiliency of the Kapampangans as a people and their continuous drive towards progress and development. Indeed, the City of San Fernando and the entire Province of Pampanga owe a lot to the PASUDECO Sugar Central.

Baluyut Bridge (Gen. Hizon Avenue, Barangay Santo Rosario)

Bombed in WWII. Formerly know as Puente Colgante. Reconstructed in 1896 using iron and stone. Destroyed during the Philippine-American War in 1899. Reinforced concrete arch bridge later designed by Sotero Baluyut for his Bachelors thesis in the University of Iowa in 1909.Witness to the historic events of the Philippine Revolution, Philippine-American War and World War II. Renamed the Sotero Baluyut Bridge in honor of his contributions to the province and the country, serving as governor, Secretary of Public Works and the Interior, and Senator.