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This foreigner is asking me by whom and what year was the house built. My guess that the house was built before the 1860s is based o nthe analysis of house built before the decade of the 1860s. Most houses built prior to that decade uses adobe, a type of river stone, which was quarried along the banks of the Pasig River in what is now Guadalupe in Makati and along the banks of the San Mateo River in San Mateo, Rizal. However, after the strong earthquake of 1863 the Spanish colonial government issued an order prohibiting the use of stone (adobe) in the construction of the upper stories of houses and other buildings including government buildings. After the 1863 earthquake and more so after the intensity 10 1880 earthquake most structures used wood in the construction of houses and building for the second floor. Even the ground floor of this building utilized wood as the foundation of these structures. The stone or the adobe were simply utilized as skirts of these foundations. The use or constructions of chaflans were also mandated by the colonial government in the constructions of corner houses or buildings.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 01:48:22 +0000

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