04/07/2023
A Brief History of Antipolo Del Norte: Our Beloved Barangay
This neighborhood's formal name, Antipolo, has been used in common parlance from the dawn of time. The elderly claim that this neighborhood was first established around a very large tree known as Antipolo. The large antipolo tree, around which the buildings were erected, was immediately pointed out by the locals when visitors asked where this barrio was. The location was renamed Antipolo after that.
Only the sitio of Alibangbang to the east is under the control of Antipolo. Alibangbang is a sitio that got its name from a flowering tree with the same name that was also flourishing in the area.
It was unable to recall an actual date when this barrio was founded. Although there were already a few families living here, older people may still recall that the majority of this barrio was still forest area when the British forces arrived in Lipa in 1763. The people set to work cultivating rice, corn, and camote on their farms. The British soldiers who arrived to Lipa in search of the Spanish artifacts brought to the Philippines from Mexico were the subject of legends.
Few of the original barrio families are still alive. Early residents of the neighborhood included the families of Javier and Kison in the northern section, Lacdao in the middle, and Lacorte and Laygo in the western part. Other families existed, but they were immigrants from other cities and villages.
The early "Cabezas" of this place were Victorio Flores, Ambrosio Laygo, Roberto Ramos, Teodorico Javier, Ambrosio Javier, Antonio Reyes, Rafael Laygo, Remigio Pose, Manuel Lacdao, Ignacio Lacorte, Florentino Morada, Matias Kison, Andres de Luna, Juan Laygo, Feliciano Virrey, Joaquin Bravo, Jose Bravo, Pascual Laygo, Isidro Briones and Federico Virrey.
This were the few remembered barrio “tenientes” in the times of the Spanish occupation till the modern time.
Spanish regime:
1. Florentino Morada
2. Pablo Escano
3. Andres Maranan
4. Fausto Lacdao
5. Pedro Ramos
6. Bonifacio Lacdao
7. Gabriel Villapando
8. Juan Maralit
9. Toribio Javier
10. Simon Lacorte
American regime:
1. Pedro Cuenca
2. Sotero Laygo
3. Mateo Bay
4. Gabriel Villapando
5. Rafael Laygo
6. Matias Lacorte
7. Maximo Lirag
8. Rosalio Bello
9. Hospicio Reyes
Japanese regime:
1. Pascual Librea
Liberation:
1. Ricardo Lacdao
This location was chosen for the original location of this place so that there are now no extinct or sparsely populated historic barrios inside its borders.
The Lipa Cemetery was erected here in 1890, when Rev. Benito Baras was the parish priest of Lipa. It is one of the area's historical sites and buildings. Victorio Flores, who was then a reputable Cabeza of Antipolo, sold this property to the current owner. According to rumors, four men carried a trunk containing all of the gold coins used to pay for this location. The Protestant Cemetery, the Chinese Cemetery, and the Lipa Municipal Cemetery, also known as "Libingan ng Gobierno," are Antipolo's other cemeteries.
The current Gabaldon Building at Antipolo Elementary School is another historical edifice nearby. Sometime around 1911, the year public schooling at this location officially started, this structure was constructed. During the liberation, it was partially destroyed. However, it was first rebuilt thanks to P funding. T. A. later by the War Damage Rehabilitation Fund, both in this barrio.
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