Ker and Co. Building | Bahay Kalakal ng Ker & Company Ltd. MarkerKer and Co. Building | Bahay Kalakal ng Ker & Company Ltd. Marker is a Marked Structure, NHCP; Local Cultural Property - Local Heritage or Legacy Buildings, Structures or Sites, Iloilo City located at Iloilo City, Iloilo City, Region VI.
Although Ker and Co. was founded in the 1830s in Manila, the Iloilo branch may have been constructed around the 1850s. Done in the trade mark "Black and White House" bungalow style of British colonial architecture, the trade house building is a marriage of Indian Bagala stilt architecture and Tudor Revival elements. Quasi-medieval timbering on the second floor offset the brick mortar of the ground floor level. The building however departs from the tradition by the use of iron beams and pillars instead of brick and mortar. The ground floor houses the office and bank vault. A butler's alley runs around the second floor with louvered full doors in the bedrooms and in the dining and living veranda. The kitchen and staff house connect to the main house through an inclined bridge.
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Marker Text:
Bahay Kalakal ng Ker & Company Ltd.
Itinatag ang sangay sa Maynila bilang Ker, MacMicking & Company, 1827. Lumaon ay itinawag na Ker & Co. Ltd. at si William Ker Jr. ang nagsilbing tagapamahala. Nagkaroon ng sangay sa Iloilo na nanguna sa pagtustos ng makinarya para sa mga magsasaka ng tubo, 1862. Nagluluwas ng asukal mula Negros at Iloilo sa pandaigdigang merkado at nag-aangkat ng mga produktong galing Britanya noong ika-19 na siglo.
Date Unveiled: July 24, 2018