Malolos Historic Town Center

The Camestisuhan District of Malolos was originally called Pariancillo. It was the district intended for the Chinese residents of Malolos in the 1700s. It was started in 1755 when the Governor General of the Philippines ordered the expulsion of the Chinese from the Philippines due to their participation in some rebellion and sedition acts against the Spanish Government.

On documents such as the Registros Paroquiales or The Catholic Baptismal Registry of Malolos, the town already had its own "Parian" (a kind of Chinatown) in 1710. Some of the Chinese in Manila transferred to Malolos as it was already a hub for some Chinese and so that they could be far from the eyes of the Spanish Government in Manila. When he heard about this migration, the Governor General ordered that all Chinese migration destinations outside Manila should have a district for the Chinese for racial segregation. Thus the Malolos Pariancillo was established. Pariancillo means "small parian". A provision in the segregation order also stated that only those Chinese who have long been residents of the town who have married a native of Malolos will not be expelled. Thus the Sangleys of Malolos were born and the Pariancillo became the Chinese enclave in Bulacan Province.

The National Historical Institute board resolution cites several reasons for the declaration of certain areas in downtown Malolos as a National Historical Landmark and Heritage Town, or informally as parts of a Historic Town Center:

• A number of men and women from Malolos became key figures in revolutionary movements during the Spanish era;
• Malolos was declared the capital of the First Philippine Republic and its Spanish-era infrastructure were reused as government offices, e.g. the convent of the Malolos Cathedral, Barasoain Church, and several houses along the Pariancillo/Kamestisuhan district;
• Malolos has retained a good number of noteworthy old houses and other buildings that attest to the artistry, craftsmanship and ingenuity of its builders

According to the board resolution, the following streets are identified as part of the Malolos Historic Town Center:

The following table lists down extant built heritage within the areas declared by the National Historical Institute:

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| site_name = Abad House

| description = Ancestral house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Cigarillera Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843977|120.810735}}

| image = JC Malolos 17.JPG

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| site_name = Plaza de la Gobierno Militar

| description = Former ancestral house of Doña Gregoria Adriano, became the site of the Military Government established by Gen. Isidoro Torres, later reused as a Meralco office

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Pariancillo Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843065|120.810498}}

| image = JC Malolos 24.JPG

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| site_name = Dr. Johnny Reyes House

| description = Ancestral house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Brgy. Santo Niño

| address = 752 F. Estrella Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842064|120.811348}}

| image = JC Malolos 10.jpg

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| site_name = Casa Real Shrine

| description = Built in 1580, this served as the residence and office of the Gobernadorcillo of Malolos. It became the Treasury of the Spanish Government building during the British Invasion of Manila and Casa Real in 1901. Today it is the Museum of Philippine Political History

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Liang

| address = Paseo del Congreso Road

| coord = {{coord|14.844320|120.811561}}

| image = JC Malolos 11.jpg

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| site_name = Casa Tribunal de Malolos

| description = Built between 1740-1780, it was originally the house of a wealthy sugar and tobacco baron, Don Felipe Vasquez, and used as the Second Municipal Hall of Malolos in 1859. It was converted into a jailhouse during the First Philippine Republic in 1898

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Pariancillo Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843312|120.810122}}

| image = JC Malolos 7.JPG

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| site_name = Cathedral - Minor Basilica and Parish of the Immaculate Conception

| description = Built in 1580, the present masonry church was built in 1817

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address =

| coord = {{coord|14.842595|120.811575}}

| image = JC Malolos 6.JPG

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| site_name = Crisostomo House

| description = Spanish-era ancestral house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = 50 Pariancillo Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842879|120.809476}}

| image = JC Malolos 9.JPG

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| site_name = Don Ramon Gonzalez de Leon House

| description = Chalet-type ancestral house of former Gobernadorcillo Don Ramon Gonzales de Leon, rebuilt in 1923

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Cigarillera Street

| coord = {{coord|14.844004|120.810501}}

| image = JC Malolos 16.jpg

}}

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| site_name = Dr. Luis Santos Art-Deco House

| description = Built in 1933, this is the Art Deco house of Dr Luis Uitangcoy Santos, son of one of the "women of Malolos", Doña Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = F. T. Reyes Street

| coord = {{coord|14.841701|120.811005}}

| image = JC Malolos 30.JPG

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| site_name = Don Erastro Cervantes House

| description = Spanish-era house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Pariancillo Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843395|120.810913}}

| image = JC Malolos 13.JPG

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| site_name = Eden Cinema

| description = Post-war movie house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo NIño

| address = Pariancillo Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843215|120.810605}}

| image = JC Malolos 14.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Don Fausto Chiong House

| description = House of Don Fausto Chiong, built in 1892; it became the Secretaria de Interior (Administrative Office of the Interior) in 1898-1899

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Pariancillo Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843313|120.810704}}

| image = JC Malolos 12.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Fountain, Dr. Luis Santos House

| description = Sculpture by National Artist Guillermo Tolentino

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo NIño

| address = F. T. Reyes Street

| coord = {{coord|14.841616|120.810853}}

| image = JC Malolos 32.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Hermogenes Reyes House

| description = 1904 house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = F. T. Reyes

| coord = {{coord|14.842224|120.810234}}

| image = JC Malolos 29.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Holy Infant Academy

| description = Former clinic of Dr. Luis Santos

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = F. T. Reyes Street

| coord = {{coord|14.841915|120.810861}}

| image = JC Malolos 31.JPG

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| site_name = Iglesia Filipiniana Independiente

| description = The Aglipayan cathedral church of Malolos built in 1903

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Rosario

| address = F. Estrella Street

| coord = {{coord|14.841205|120.812208}}

| image = JC Malolos 8.JPG

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| site_name = 1893 Jose Cojuangco House (Tagalog: Pook Kapanganakan ni Jose Cojuanco)

| description = Birthplace of Jose Chichioco Cojuangco, with marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Malolos

| address = Paseo del Congreso

| coord = {{coord|14.845007|120.812699}}

| image = JC Malolos 2.JPG

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| site_name = 1930 Jacinto-Lomotan House

| description = American-era house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Santo Niño Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842708|120.809928}}

| image = JC Malolos 25.JPG

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| site_name = Paaralang Bayan ng Malolos

| description = Mission-Style, Gabaldon-type schoolhouse built in 1913

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Rosario

| address = F. Estrella Street

| coord = {{coord|14.839539|120.813221}}

| image = JC Malolos 21.JPG

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| site_name = Malolos City Hall

| description = Neo-Classical town hall erected in 1940

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = F. Estrella Street

| coord = {{coord|14.843815|120.811239}}

| image = JC Malolos 23.JPG

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| site_name = Aguas Potables de Malolos

| description = American-period water tank built in 1923

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = San Vicente

| address = Plaza Torres

| coord = {{coord|14.842896|120.812390}}

| image = JC Malolos 19.JPG

}}

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| site_name = 1930 Mariano Crisostomo House

| description = American-era house

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Rosario

| address = F. Estrella Street

| coord = {{coord|14.840496|120.812406}}

| image = JC Malolos 1.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Church

| description = Built in 1885, popularly referred to as Barasoain Church

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = San Gabriel

| address = Paseo del Congreso Road

| coord = {{coord|14.846456|120.812385}}

| image = JC Malolos 3.JPG

}}

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| site_name = 1930 Tantoco-Lopez House

| description =

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Santo Niño Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842808|120.810498}}

| image = JC Malolos 34.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Capilla de Santa Veronica

| description = Ancestral house of the Reyes family converted into a private chapel

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Santo Niño Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842860|120.810029}}

| image = JC Malolos 26.JPG

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| site_name = Capilla de Nuestra Señora del Santisimo Rosario de Malolos

| description = Stone chapel built in 1870

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Rosario

| address = F. Estrella Street

| coord = {{coord|14.840326|120.811899}}

| image = JC Malolos 5.JPG

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| site_name = Don Jose Bautista House

| description = Spanish-era house famous for its caryatid posts. Has ornately-sculpted Neo-Classic touches and was built in the 1850s and redecorated in 1877 in the French Art Nouveau style. It was the Secretaria de Fomento and home of Don Antonio Bautista, Aguinaldo's Secretary of the Interior. It contains heirloom memorabilia including the original KKK flag. Here, José Rizal and Marcelo H. del Pilar spoke to the "21 women of Malolos" on June 27, 1892{{cite news |last1= Aspiras|first1=Regie |title=Beef ‘tapa,’ ‘champorado,’ ‘gatas ng kalabaw’–traditional breakfast fare in a Malolos household|url= https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/201688/beef-tapa-champorado-gatas-ng-kalabaw-traditional-breakfast-fare-in-a-malolos-household/|accessdate=September 12, 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=July 30, 2015}}

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Santo Niño Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842567|120.810345}}

| image = JC Malolos 28.JPG

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| site_name = Paaralan ng mga Kababaihan ng Malolos

| description = Remaining stone wall or ruins of the Instituto Mujeres, with marker from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. Site where Rizal addressed his famous letter to the 21 women of Malolos who petitioned Governor General Valeriano Weyler for a night school for women on December 12, 1888

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = Santo Niño Street

| coord = {{coord|14.842588|120.809703}}

| image = JC Malolos 27.JPG

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| site_name = Tampoy Bridge

| description = Also known as Malolos Bridge, a Spanish-era bridge built in 1817 by Fr. Melchor Fernandez OSA and renovated during the American Period in 1925

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay =

| address =

| coord = {{coord|14.843985|120.811423}}

| image = JC Malolos 15.JPG

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| site_name = 1812 Antonio Bautista House

| description = Stone house built in 1812, the oldest in Malolos, owned by Chinese matriarch Doña Rufina Tanjosoy Santos and her son Don Antonio Bautista. The house is famous for its Art-Nouveau interiors, with design contributions from Isabelo Tampingco done in 1910{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Feeding a Republic|url= https://manilastandard.net/?p=227953|accessdate=September 12, 2024 |work= Manila Standard|date=January 29, 2017}}

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = San Agustin

| address = Calle Burgos cor. Paseo del Congreso Road

| coord = {{coord|14.844590|120.811321}}

| image = JC Malolos 22.JPG

}}

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| site_name = 1914 Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos House

| description = Declared a Heritage House (Level 1) by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santo Niño

| address = F. T. Reyes Street

| coord = {{coord|14.841988|120.810416}}

| image = JC Malolos 33.JPG

}}

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The following table lists of structures in Malolos extant built heritage outside the declared National Historical Landmark by the National Historical Institute but are still covered by the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 as cultural property:{{cite web|title=National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 |url=http://www.ncca.gov.ph/downloads/RA%2010066%20Heritage%20Law.pdf |website=ncca.gov.ph/ |publisher=National Commission on Culture and the Arts |accessdate=30 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402233027/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/downloads/RA%2010066%20Heritage%20Law.pdf |archivedate=2 April 2013 }}

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| site_name = 1858 Barasoain Catholic Cemetery

| description = The Jacinto Masouleum built in 1859

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = San Agustin

| address = Calle Antonio Bautista

| coord = {{coord|14.848684|120.809857}}

| image = JC Malolos 4.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Bulacan Provincial Capitol

| description = Art-deco capitol designed by Juan Arellano and William Parsons erected in 1930

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Guinhawa

| address =

| coord = {{coord|14.8565|120.8144}}

| image = JBulacan2725dCapitolyofvf_20.JPG

}}

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| site_name = Fausto Chiong House

| description = 1933 American-era House

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Canalate

| address = Malolos-Hagonoy Provincial Road

| coord = {{coord|14.839918|120.801549}}

| image = FvfCanalate1420CityMalolosj_33.JPG

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| site_name = Campo Santo de Malolos

| description = Spanish-era cemetery built in 1680

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = San Vicente

| address = Tubigan Street

| coord = {{coord|14.841101|120.814708}}

| image = JC Malolos 20.JPG

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| site_name = Estacion Ferrocaril de Malolos

| description = Spanish-era train station built in 1892

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Catmon

| address =

| coord = {{coord|14.854087|120.814195}}

| image = 9017Catmon,_Malolos_City,_Bulacan_16.jpg

}}

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| site_name = 1863 Santa Isabel de Ungria Parish Church

| description = Mudejar-style stone church

| province = Bulacan

| location = City of Malolos

| barangay = Santa Isabel

| address = Caluag Street

| coord = {{coord|14.839509|120.834376}}

| image = SantaIsabelChurchjf0454_09.JPG

}}

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One of the features of Malolos Historic Town Center are the monuments created by the artisans and National Artist can be found at different areas in the city.

• Philippine Registry of Cultural Property

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20150516040531/http://nhcp.gov.ph/nhcp/policies/board-resolutions/ List of Board Resolutions of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402233027/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/downloads/RA%2010066%20Heritage%20Law.pdf Republic Act No. 10066 - National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009]

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