Casa Jaen I

The ground floor of the Don Hilarion Esquivel house were lined with stone flooring while the flooring of the second floor was made of wooden planks. The terrace, or azotea, was located at the rear portion of the house. Its windows were made of large glass panels, instead from the traditional capiz windows. Also, it has a protruding front room - similar to houses built during the American Colonial Period such as the Baldomero Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Cavite. Below the front room are the porch, or porte cochere, and the main entrance.[1]

The exterior and interior wall portions of the house still bears bullet holes - testifying to the history of the occupants before. Esquivels were one of the most influential families in Nueva Ecija. The upper walls of the interior partitions have decorative wooden panels, which improves the air circulation inside. The stairs possesses an elaborate design - leading up to the foyer, or caida, and a corridor, which links the living room, or sala, at the front of the house and the dining room, or comedor, at the rear side. The bedrooms are situated at the sides.[1]