Laperal White House, Victorian mansion in Baguio, Philippines.
The Laperal White House is a white mansion in Baguio featuring steeply pitched roofs, wooden exterior cladding, and prominent gables in American Colonial style. The structure combines solid narra and yakal wood framing with architectural details reflecting early 20th-century foreign influences.
The residence was built in the 1930s by the Laperal family as a vacation home and later served as a Japanese military station during World War II. This dual purpose across two eras makes it a physical record of changes in Baguio's past.
The building now hosts a gallery displaying bamboo carvings and wooden art pieces created by local artisans from the surrounding region. Visitors can observe how traditional craftsmanship remains an active part of creative practice today.
The building is located on Leonard Road near Teachers' Camp and is accessible on foot from central Baguio. Daytime visits work best when the gallery is open and natural light highlights the wooden details of the structure.
Local accounts describe apparitions at this location, including reports of a young girl on the staircase and a woman gazing from the windows. Such stories have become part of how residents and visitors perceive the building's character.
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