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also show that the house was inhabited by other families such as the descendants of
Deulofeu Serra, many of whom became part of the Márquez family itself, and by descendants of the former slaves who used to work in the plantation. Despite the closure of the hacienda, the manor house became an important architectural, historical and cultural landmark in Hormigueros. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
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Hacienda Valentina, the name given to the property during the time, was expropriated in 1892 during the construction of the railway and the Hormigueros station. The station although abandoned can still be found in the vicinity of the house today. After the Spanish-American War, the
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that served as slave quarters and industrial quarters that included a trapiche and a sugar mill. Marciani died in 1856 and with the abolition of slavery the sugarcane industry had a rapid decline by the end of the 19th-century. The former slave workforce was hired by María
Margarita, who became the
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in 1899 however caused much damage to the property as it did to many agricultural properties throughout the island. The hacienda finally closed in the beginning of the 20th century and Casa Márquez became solely a residence now owned by the Márquez family. Deeds and demographic records of the time
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in Puerto Rico since the 17th-century. The house itself was considered a landmark by the pilgrims on their way to the shrine. The manor itself was built in 1823, at the site of an hacienda dating to at least 1780–1789. The house was built for
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sole owner of the hacienda until her death in 1885, when the plantation and house were bought by María Luisa del Carmen
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hacienda reverted its former sole production to sugarcane in the wake of a series of investments by the United States to create modern sugar mills and expand sugar production in the island. The impact of
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