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steps of the entryway. "Pasta" or "mosaico" tiles are still made in the area and were used when floors could not be restored. The machine house had not yet been restored in 2010, but the chapel, which had originally served the community as well as the hacienda owners has been fully restored. The property is not open to the general public. Kimmelman repurposed elements found on the property, for example, rescued beams were made into the massive top for the dining room table and a balustrade found in a storehouse was cut into the table's legs. Elaborate wall stencils throughout the house were recreated by using mylar templates to copy the designs for local craftsmen to duplicate.
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By the 1950s, the house was abandoned and had fallen into disrepair. In 2001 a restoration was begun to replace missing ceilings, repair or recreate broken tile floors and walls, as well as refurbish the grounds and chapel. Where possible, original features were maintained, such as the original stone
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The architecture of the original hacienda main house was modified to resemble a
European medieval fortress, including two striking towers 15–20 meters high. Heraldic shields which were popular in Germany and England during the Renaissance adorned the walls. On the exterior walls on either side of the
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front door, are the family crests of Álvaro Peón de Regil y
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archives of the hacienda in a storage room. Anthropologist logo Michel
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