Natalio Enriquez House

Sariaya, Quezon

Natalio Enriquez Ancesstral house at Sariaya, Quezon Province designed by Architect Andres Luna de
San Pedro (son of Juan Luna) Its Gate and Fence would be destroyed for the road widening of DPWH.

An example from Sariaya’s Art Deco ancestral houses is the eye-catching and brick-roofed Sariaya
landmark near the church, known as the Governor Natalio Enriquez Ancestral House designed by European
schooled architect Andres Luna de San Pedro, the son of the artist Juan Luna. It was built in 1931 for then
Tayabas Provincial Governor Natalio Enriquez (1941 – 1945) and his wife Susana Gala. The house was a venue
for fabulous high society gatherings in pre-war Sariaya, and was listed by the National Historical Institute as a
Heritage House on May 2008. The interior is furnished with American and European decor. Most of the Art
Nouveau and Art Deco furniture were also designed by Architect San Pedro.

Sariaya’s fabulous ancestral houses defined an era of affluence in the Philippines (early 1900s) when the
characteristic old Filipino-Spanish architecture was renovated by rich owners and transformed with foreign
influences like the then Art-Deco style. Other houses of note in Sariaya are the ancestral houses of Donya
Carmen Rodriguez Arguelles, Enriquez-Gala, Don Catalino Rodriquez, Juanito Rodriguez and Francisco
Rodriguez.

Source:

Natalio Enriquez Mansion on Traveler on Foot. (n.d.). Retrieved October 08, 2017, from
https://traveleronfoot.wordpress.com/tag/natalio-enriquez-mansion/

Heritage Houses as declared by National Historical Institute (NHI). Retrieved October 08, 2017, from
http://quezon.gov.ph/homepage/?info=tourism&topic=heritage