National Historical Commission of the Philippines(NHCP)

November 17, 2022 Dear Ms. Leano, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Nov 16, 2022 03:47:53 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for El Hogar Filipino Building Architectural Drawings and Records. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. Significant details about the El Hogar Filipino building may be accessed from a court decision, accessible at https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1927/jul1927/gr_l-26649_1927.html. The United States and its Territories 1870-1825: The Age of Imperialism website (https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/philamer) is also rich with information and articles regarding the said structure. A supplementary article featuring a glimpse of the El Hogar Filipino Building is also available on the Arquitectura Manila website at http://arquitecturamanila.blogspot.com/2014/04/el-hogar-filipino-building.html. We also suggest exploring the Manila Nostalgia and Nostalgia with Old Manila Facebook groups for old photographs collected and preserved by various history, cultural and heritage enthusiasts. Since the building is privately owned, we advise you to coordinate with the owner or its building administrator for the retrieval of technical drawings. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to conduct an internal review of the response by writing to Ms. Carminda R. Arevalo thru the e-mail address [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response and should be made within 15 calendar days from when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Kindly fill out this form to help us improve our services: https://tinyurl.com/foinhcp Thank you. Very truly yours, ROSCELLE C. CRUZ, RL, MLIS Receiving Officer