Dr. Jose P. Laurel, was the Philippine President of the Second Republic (1943-1945), and the only President to have served in all three branches of the Government. In 1926, during his time as a Senator, he purchased a Bahay na bato house in Paco, Manila for his family. It served as their residence for 29 years from 1926 to 1955 before he moved to his retirement home in Mandaluyong.