CPG Heritage House

Overview

The CPG Heritage House is a museum at A. Hontanosas corner F. Rocha Street, Poblacion II, Tagbilaran City, dedicated to Carlos P. Garcia — Bohol’s most prominent historical figure and the eighth president of the Philippines (1957–1961). CPG is the abbreviation by which Garcia is commonly referenced in Bohol, where multiple public facilities bear his initials.

This is not Garcia’s birthplace — he was a native of Talibon, elsewhere on Bohol island. His family rented a house in Tagbilaran while he served his constituents before purchasing this property, built 1953–1954, which became his official provincial residence. It was declared a Heritage House by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines on 4 September 2009, and management passed from the President Carlos P. Garcia Foundation, Inc. to the Bohol provincial government under an agreement signed 25 November 2011 — so it is now provincial-government administered, not NHCP-run. Garcia’s initials carry across Tagbilaran’s public landscape beyond this house: a sports complex, a monument, and other civic facilities in the city use the same CPG shorthand, a naming pattern built around Bohol’s only president rather than any single building.

Location

A. Hontanosas corner F. Rocha Street, Barangay Poblacion II, Tagbilaran City — a few blocks from the Bohol Provincial Capitol and St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral. The house is in the older central district of Tagbilaran, near the Balili Heritage House and major commercial malls.

Getting There

Poblacion II is within the Tagbilaran City center. Accessible by tricycle from the city’s main transport terminals.

Practical Info

• Category: Museum / History and Culture
• Municipality: Tagbilaran City
• Barangay: Poblacion II
• Subject: Carlos P. Garcia (CPG) — 8th President of the Philippines, born in Talibon, Bohol
• Management: Province of Bohol (since a 2011 handover from the Garcia family foundation)
• [FACT NEEDED: current opening hours, admission fee, guided-tour availability]

What to Expect

A provincial-government-run house museum built as Garcia’s residence during his years serving Bohol. The collection runs to preserved local flora and fauna specimens, small replicas of the province’s historic churches, and artifacts drawn from across Bohol — a personal-history museum built around one man’s career rather than a generalist provincial-history exhibit. [TO ENRICH: number of exhibit rooms, whether original furnishings survive.]

Notes

Address, construction date, NHCP heritage designation, and administration history per the Carlos P. Garcia Heritage House Wikipedia entry, accessed 2026-07-17.