Mansion House
Seen outside the Mansion House in Baguio, Philippines – the summer capital.
The plaque reads:
Mansion House
Constructed at the instance of William Cameron Forbes following the design of William E. Parsons, as part of the Burnham plan for Baguio, 1908. Inspired by the city beautiful movement. Venue of the special session of the second Philippine Legislature, 1920. Destroyed during the war, 1945. Rehabilitated, 1947. Venue of the U.N. economic commission of Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), 1947; The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 1948; and the first meeting of the Southeast Asian Union (SEAU) known as the Baguio conference of 1950. Summer residence of American Governors-General, 1908-1935 and later of Philippine presidents from Manuel L. Quezon to the present.