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CITY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES BUILDING

(Old City Hall)

This old City hall building,restored and rehabilitated under the careful scrutiny, guidance and direction of Her Honor, City Mayor Ruth de Lara Guingona (2004-2013), is lovingly dedicated to the memory of past town and city officials who first erected it, walked in its hall and faithfully served the people of Gingoog under its roof:

Capitan Catalino Condez      -           instrumental in constructing the CASA TRIBUNAL

Don Manuel A. Lugod           -           Presidente Municipal (1910-1911)

Don Antonio C.Yacapin         -           Presidente Municipal (1912-1916)

Don Jose L. Fernandez           -           Presidente Municipal (1917-1919)

Don Romulo L. Rodriguez     -           Presidente Municipal (1920-1921)

Don Juaquin Jumo                 -           Presidente Municipal (1921-1925)

Romualdo Guanzon Sr.         -           Municipal President (1927-1928)

Juan C. Sanchez                      -           Municipal President (1929-1937)

Santiago A. Guanzon                         -           Municipal President (1940-1946)

Juan C. Sanchez                      -           Municipal Mayor (1947)

Julio J. Ganaban                     -           Municipal Mayor (1948-1955)

Perfecto A. Ubalde                -           Municipal Mayor (1956-1959)

Julio J. Ganaban                     -           City Mayor (1960-1963)

Dr.Domingo C. De Lara          -           City Mayor (1964-1967)

Romulo S. Rodriguez, Jr.       -           City Mayor (1968-1971)

Arturo S. Lugod                     -           City Mayor (1972-1978)

Miguel P.Paderanga              -           City Mayor (1978-1986)

Originally built as CASA TRIBUNAL in circa 1910 through the efforts of CAPITAN CATALINO CONDEZA.

This old City Hall was rebuilt in circa 1939-1940, and from then on, became the seat of government of the municipality of Gingoog.

It was in this Hall that the historic transition of Gingoog from town to city thru R.A 2668, known as the City Charter of Gingoog, occurred.

Except for the city jail on the ground floor, the building was abandoned when, between 1981-1984 all offices started to move to their new home, the new City Hall-Barangay 22-A.

During Martial Law, this Old City Hall became the headquarters of the 436^th Company of the defunct Philippine Constabulary.

After Martial l.aw, the building looked like a ghost from the past, and and it took the political will and wisdom of Mayor Ruth Guingona to cause its restoration and rehabilitation preserving with careful fidelity, its original design and structure as a constant reminder of its past glory as Gingoog's former seat of government.

Renamed City Museum and Archives pursuant to City Ordinance No.2013-245 enacted on March 13,2013,this Old City Hall now houses memorabilia from Gingoog's past relics, antiques,artifacts that tell the story of a pueblo, a barrio, a municipio, a ciudad and a burgeoning urban center that Gingoog has become today.

Gingoog City Museum Pictures