Formerly the Premier Guest House, the Bonifacio Hall was built in 1975. It is the glass fronted building across the garden from the the main entrance of Malacañang Palace.
The frontal part of the building that faces the garden is a two-story high reception area, with a staircase in the center that leads to the corridor above.
History
American Governor Generals built the Bonifacio Hall as servants' quarters to screen off Malacañang from San Miguel Brewery that used to be next door. A remodelling touched it in 1975 to have it useful for the IMF-World Bank Boards of Governors Meeting that year. A reconstruction occurred from 1978 through 1979. But when fire hit the Palace in 1982, another reconstruction work becomes necessary. In 1983, its air purification system went through an improvement.
A 1970s earthquake survey found it vulnerable, but nothing had been done to correct it since then. In June 2011, president Benigno S. Aquino III had it repaired for good.
Presidential Use
Late strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965-1985) used it as a guest house, late president Corazon C. Aquino (1986-1992) and her successor president Fidel Ramos (1992-1998) used it as an office, and former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1998-2001) used it as his residence.
Unknowingly, late president Aquino used for office the bedroom of late president Marcos at that when Ninoy was assassinated in 1983.
The frontal part of the building that faces the garden is a two-story high reception area, with a staircase in the center that leads to the corridor above.
History
American Governor Generals built the Bonifacio Hall as servants' quarters to screen off Malacañang from San Miguel Brewery that used to be next door. A remodelling touched it in 1975 to have it useful for the IMF-World Bank Boards of Governors Meeting that year. A reconstruction occurred from 1978 through 1979. But when fire hit the Palace in 1982, another reconstruction work becomes necessary. In 1983, its air purification system went through an improvement.
A 1970s earthquake survey found it vulnerable, but nothing had been done to correct it since then. In June 2011, president Benigno S. Aquino III had it repaired for good.
Presidential Use
Late strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965-1985) used it as a guest house, late president Corazon C. Aquino (1986-1992) and her successor president Fidel Ramos (1992-1998) used it as an office, and former president Joseph Ejercito Estrada (1998-2001) used it as his residence.
Unknowingly, late president Aquino used for office the bedroom of late president Marcos at that when Ninoy was assassinated in 1983.
the article talks about Bonifacio Hall or the premier guest house but the picture is that of Kalayaan Hall, or the old Executive Building.
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