Almost as many legends surround Zacatecas' House of 100 Doors
Facade of the Tacoaleche, Zacatecas, hacienda nicknamed The House of 100 Doors. ALEJANDRO LINARES GARCÍA/CREATIVE COMMONS
Restored 19th-century home built for love now houses a large collection of handcrafts and folk art
By Leigh Thelmadatter
Published on Wednesday, May 4, 2022
There is a small community outside of Guadalupe, Zacatecas, with the odd name of Tacoaleche, and no, the name has nothing to do with tacos. The name refers to a unit of milk, as it was once common for hacienda owners to pay workers with food rather than money.
By far the most attractive thing in this dusty town is the so-called House of 100 Doors. Covering a quarter hectare, it is a two-story building of adobe with supports of volcanic tuff stone on the ground floor and metal pillars on the upper floor. A church on the plaza and grain storage facilities, simply called The Cones, were built around the same time.
The house is part of the Tacoaleche hacienda formed in the latter 19th century. In 1880, Antonio García inherited a small portion of a much larger estate that belonged to the Count of Jaral for centuries. Shortly after the inheritance, García not only set up his operations, he also fell in love with the daughter of another hacienda owner.
Here is where the legend begins. Like with most legends, there are variations.
The most common version states that the daughter accepted the proposal but only on the condition that the marriage would occur after he built his hacienda house with 100 doors. In all versions, the marriage never happens with various explanations as to why. The two most common have the girl renege on her promise.
The grain storage facilities of the old Tacoaleche hacienda, colloquially named The Cones. VERTICE/CREATIVE COMMONS
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