{{Infobox building | name = Boix House | native_name = | native_name_lang = | former_names = | alternate_names = Casa Boix<br />Teotico House<br />Crespo House<br />Teotico-Crespo House | status = | image = File:Boix_House.jpg | image_alt = Boix House | image_size = 250 px | caption = Boix House, 28 September 2014 | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_relief = | altitude = | building_type = Accessoria | architectural_style = Neo Classical | structural_system = | material = Stones, bricks, and wood | cost = | ren_cost = | client = | owner = Society of Jesus | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = Quiapo | address = 434 A. Bautista Street, Quiapo | location_town = Manila | location_country = Philippines | coordinates = {{coord|14.59836|120.98466|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:PH|display=ti}} | groundbreaking_date = | construction_start_date = August 24, 1895 | completion_date = | opened_date = | inauguration_date = | relocated_date = | renovation_date = | closing_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | circumference = | architectural = ''Bulaklak sa trellis'' (Flowers in trellis) | tip = | antenna_spire = | roof = | top_floor = | observatory = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = Two | floor_area = {{convert|412|m2|sqft|sp=us|abbr=on}} | seating_type = | seating_capacity = | elevator_count = | grounds_area = | architect = Juan A. Hervas | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | other_designers = | quantity_surveyor = | main_contractor = | awards = | designations = | ren_architect = | ren_firm = | ren_str_engineer = | ren_serv_engineer = | ren_civ_engineer = | ren_oth_designers = | ren_qty_surveyor = | ren_awards = | number_of_rooms = 10 (2nd floor) | parking = | url = | embedded = | references = }}
The '''Boix House''', also known as '''Teotico-Crespo House''' or '''Casa Boix''', is a bahay na bato heritage house located in Quiapo, Manila, the Philippines. Owned by the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus,<ref name="RM">{{Cite web |publisher=Renacimiento Manila |date=2021-05-15 |title=Heritage at Risk: Boix House |url=https://renacimientomanila.org/2021/05/casaboix/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Renacimiento Manila |language=en-US}}</ref> the restoration of the house is currently being advocated by the civic group ''Kapitbahayan sa Kalye Bautista''.<ref name=paolo>{{Cite web |title=The Filipinas: Boix House |url=http://thefilipinas.blogspot.com/2013/07/boix-house.html |access-date=2022-07-06 |date=July 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412215239/http://thefilipinas.blogspot.com/2013/07/boix-house.html |archive-date=April 12, 2017 |language=en |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The house typifies the ''bulaklak sa trellis'' ({{lit}} flowers in trellis) architectural style that was common during the latter part of Spanish rule in the Philippines in the 1890s.<ref name="WMF">{{Cite web |title=Boix House |url=https://www.wmf.org/project/boix-house |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=World Monuments Fund |language=en}}</ref><ref name=axl>{{Cite web |title={{Pipe escape|Casa Boix | Inside the house}} |url=http://axlppi.blogspot.com/2014/03/casa-boix-inside-house.html |access-date=2014-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211071754/http://axlppi.blogspot.com/2014/03/casa-boix-inside-house.html |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |language=en |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ezy>{{Cite web |title=Bahay Nakpil-Bautista & Boix House (Quiapo, Manila) |url=http://www.eazytraveler.com/2008/05/bahay-nakpil-bautista-boix-house-quiapo.html |date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=2014-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021214132/http://www.eazytraveler.com/2008/05/bahay-nakpil-bautista-boix-house-quiapo.html |archive-date=October 21, 2014 |language=en |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== ===Construction=== left|thumb|200px|Boix House in the 1900sThe house plan of Boix House was submitted by a certain Marciano Teotico to the ''Superior Gobierno'' in Manila, dated August 24, 1895.<ref name="axl"/> The house was described as having two latrines, two mezzanines, a bathroom, a cellar, a coach house, a servant's quarters, and a vestibule in the ground floor. The second floor, on the other hand, was described in the plan as having two kitchens, a servant's quarters, an interior gallery, a ''sala'' (living room), a pantry, and three other rooms.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
===Post-WWII=== The house, together with most structures on the east of Quezon Boulevard in the Quiapo district was spared from destruction caused by World War II. After the war, the house became a dormitory.<ref name="WMF"/> The most notable resident of the house was former Philippine President Manuel Quezon, who once lived at the house during his law studies at the University of Santo Tomas. It was also believed that Quezon attended parties hosted by the Nakpil-Bautista family, who lived just next door at Bahay Nakpil-Bautista.<ref name=ezy/> Because of this, the house was known as the Manuel L. Quezon Dormitory.
The ground floor was eventually adaptively reused to house a printing press.<ref name="WMF"/> The second floor of the house continued to function as a dormitory until 2008 when it was vacated.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
===Ownership history=== The house was originally owned by the Boix-Terradellas family.<ref name="WMF"/> Oral traditions then link it to the Crespos, after which the Boix family acquired the property. The Boix family then donated the house to the Society of Jesus.<ref name="RM"/>
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