Pioquinto Ancestral HomePioquinto Ancestral Home is a Registered Property, Province of Misamis Oriental located at Medina, Misamis Oriental, Region X.
Pelaez Ancestral House
Located in the eastern portion of Misamis Oriental and roughly a 2-hour drive from Cagayan de Oro is the historical haven of North Poblacion in the Municipality of Medina where the Pelaez Ancestral House can be found standing still. This house had stood witness to the diverse political and historical lives of two of the famous bygone personalities in the politics arena in the locality and in the country as well – Don Gregorio A. Pelaez, Sr. (first Governor of Misamis Oriental) and his son, Emmanuel N. Pelaez, Sr. (elected Vice President of the Philippines in 1961 under the Diosdado Macapagal Administration). When people ask for direction, the local townsfolk refer to the house as the "Pelaez White House" because of the walls that are washed in white.
History
The use of this house has seen various transformations through the different meanings that correspond to the changes of time. In the early times, the house was usually associated with Gregorio A. Pelaez, Sr. who was the paramount political icon of Misamis Oriental (1926-1931 and 1938-1940) being the very first governor of the province back in the time when Misamis Oriental was officially separated from Misamis Occidental by Republic Act No. 3777 on 28 November 1939. Later on, another Pelaez entered the political arena of the Philippines – Emmanuel N. Pelaez, Sr., son of Gregorio A. Pelaez. Emmanuel Pelaez became the first Mindanawon elected in the Vice-Presidency position in the Philippines.