At least parts of it were probably built in the late 1800's, it was once part of a really huge house that may have covered most of this block. My big hallway, most probably was once a covered porch with columns (still there) and open to a courtyard. Behind my house, including my small garden, was the central courtyard where most of the cooking was done and where animals were kept. The houses behind me were part of the stables. There is a 1950's house on one side of ours that was no doubt open and either the stable entrance or a garden. On the other side are several houses of the same period that were additional rooms in the house. As people died with multiple heirs the house was split and split again, etc. Down the street is a very old section that appears to have been a grand entrance to the property. There are many, many houses like this here in the old center of the city. More and more of them are being refurbished and renovated, in fact the city will supply the workers to renovate the facades of these old houses to keep them from falling apart. It is said that this city is the oldest, continuously occupied city in North America; it was a thriving Mayan city when the Spanish arrived and had existed for many hundreds of years before that.
