Lizares Mansion

Lizares Mansion is a Beaux-Arts heritage mansion in Tabuc Suba, Jaro, Iloilo City, Iloilo, built in 1937 for sugar baron Don Emiliano Lizares. Located along McArthur Drive, it is noted for its symmetrical facade, ornate columns, arched windows and landscaped grounds. Now owned by the Dominican Order and housing Angelicum School Iloilo, it is one of Iloilo's most photographed American colonial-era mansions and a landmark of the province's sugar industry heritage.

Visitors can expect to view the mansion from the gated perimeter along McArthur Drive. The three-storey Beaux-Arts structure features a grand staircase, classical columns, balconies and decorative detailing set within manicured lawns and tree-lined grounds. The property includes a chapel and school buildings. As it is an active private school operated by the Dominican Order, interior access is generally restricted and visits are typically limited to exterior sightseeing and photography with permission.

Commissioned in 1937 by Don Emiliano Lizares, a prominent sugar baron, for his wife Conchita Gapasin and family. The mansion exemplifies the wealth of Negros and Iloilo sugar elites during the American colonial period. During World War II it was reportedly used by Japanese forces. After the war the Lizares family sold the property to the Dominican Order in 1962, and in 1978 it became Angelicum School Iloilo.

Represents Iloilo's sugar industry heritage and American-era Beaux-Arts residential architecture. As one of the grand mansions of Jaro, it reflects the cultural and economic prominence of Iloilo's elite families and is now preserved as an educational institution under the Dominican Order, contributing to the city's heritage tourism landscape.