Built in 1912, this building was originally the seat of the local authority for the town of Mixcoac, in the outskirts of Mexico City. By 1970, when the city gained its most recent boroughs, the government of the Benito Juárez Borough would also be based from the building, as the urban sprawl had now fully engulfed the former town. Five years later, the Benito Juárez government would move to purpose-built installations, and a Cultural Center (known locally as Casa de la Cultura, or House of Culture) would be established here….
