Here is an entry from Mark Walther's Facebook page. The Ruins is where the Whitmarsh house stood.
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From: Mark Walther facebook page.
Hubert "Phelps" Whitmarsh was a British reporter
for the Outlook magazine who came to the Philippines in 1898. He went to Baguio
(where in 1900 he was made the first Governor of Benguet Province) and loved it
so much he telegraphed his wife and daughter in Boston "come to God's country".
He later opened the Benguet Commercial Co. and several sawmills, he also
bankrolled prospectors. He was contractor for the Easter School (1906) and
supplied materials for the Rectory (first building on Brent Campus, completed
in time for the birth of Rev Robb White's son, Robb White jr. who would later
become a famous author) and the main school building (Ogilby Hall). His son
Phillip Whitmarsh was the first "foreigner" (British/American) born
in Baguio and the first "day" student at Bishop Brent's "Baguio
School". The Whitmarsh home was famous in its day for the elaborate formal
English style gardens. It was partially destroyed in the carpet bombing of
Baguio and Cafe By The Ruins stands where it used to be. The photo (mid 1920s)
shows him and his wife and granddaughter.
From: Alicia D. Carlos- President, Alumni Association.
"I remember Mrs. Whitmarsh, a smallish woman who walked with a limp as she went around the Whitmarsh apartments collecting rents. I used to pass by the house which had a low fence so you can see the white-painted house with green trim, and its floral garden clearly from the street."
From: Alicia D. Carlos- President, Alumni Association.
"I remember Mrs. Whitmarsh, a smallish woman who walked with a limp as she went around the Whitmarsh apartments collecting rents. I used to pass by the house which had a low fence so you can see the white-painted house with green trim, and its floral garden clearly from the street."
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