Neighborhood: Santuario
Year of construction: Late1940s to mid1950s
Architect: Unknown
Original owner: Unknown
Parcel Size: 95 m2
Construction: 207 m2
Maximum built: 608 m2 (maximum allowance by regulation)
Protection Polygon: A (within the city's footprint prior to 1900)
Protection level: Environmental Artistic Value

CASA DE LAS CAMPANAS

The Casa de las Campanas is located in a prime location, between the Barrio del Santuario and the Capilla de Jesús, two of the oldest and most iconic neighborhoods in the Historic Center, and a few blocks from the Colonia Americana. The Barrio del Santuario was founded by Fray Antonio Alcalde in the late 1700s, while the Capilla de Jesús dates back to the early 1800s.

Unfortunately, this neighborhood has remained underutilized due to the conversion of housing into printing premises. This building has been vacant for almost a decade and, prior to that, was used as a printing press for a couple of decades.

This property holds significant cultural and architectural value as one of the few remaining examples of vernacular architecture executed in the Art Deco style of the late 1940s or early 1950s, reflecting the influence of the "regionalist" movement in Guadalajara. Although it was built in the second half of the 20th century, some adobe walls on the first floor suggest that the original house on this site was reused in the construction of the current building.

This property holds significant cultural and architectural value as one of the few remaining examples of vernacular architecture executed in the Art Deco style of the late 1950s or early 1960s, reflecting the influence of the "regionalism" movement in Guadalajara. Despite being constructed in the latter half of the 20th century, some adobe walls in the first floor suggest that the original house on this site was repurposed in the construction of the current building.

The initial intervention involved a light renovation of two of the three commercial spaces on the ground floor. This included establishing a restaurant to revitalize the corner, increase pedestrian activity, and contributing to bring more people in an area that has been desolated in the last few years.

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