Pamintuan Mansion
The Pamintuan Mansion is a historic building in Angeles City, Philippines built by the Pamintuan family in the 1880s. It was briefly used by the Katipunan during the Philippine-American War. It currently hosts a social science museum. History The Pamintuan Mansion was built in 1890 by Mariano Pamintuan and Valentina Torres as a wedding gift to their son Florentino, who later became mayor of Angeles during the American colonial era. It was also briefly used as a site of the Katipunan during the Philippine-American War. It was used as a headquarters by Gen. Antonio Luna and was also the seat of government of the First Philippine Republic after Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo moved the capital of the from Kawit, Cavite to Pampanga. The Pamintuan Mansion was also the site of the first anniversary of the declaration of Philippine Independence on January 12, 1899, where Aguinaldo personally waved the Philippine flag from the second-floor balcony of the house. By November 1899 fell under American control and was used as a headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines of World War II, the Japanese Imperial forces took control of the mansion. After the war, the building was used