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One of the few northern New Mexico style, late Spanish Colonial period "Great Houses" remaining in the American Southwest. Built in 1804, the Hacienda has twenty-one rooms surrounding two courtyards. La Hacienda de los Martinez is one of the few remaining examples of a restored northern New Mexico style, Spanish Colonial period hacienda open to the public. This massive adobe casa mayor, or great house, was constructed sometime shortly after 1804, by Antonio Severino Martin (later to become Martinez). The casa mayor that Martinez built became the first permanent, year-round mercantile operation in Taos.