During the 18th century, this palatial house belonged to Isidro Huarte, a wealthy merchant and politician who became the father-in-law of Agustín de Iturbide. In 1864, it became the property of Francisca Román and was visited by Maximilian of Habsburg. It later housed the Girls' Academy and then the Normal School. Its magnificent architecture is notable for its flying buttress located at the entrance to the staircase, in the center of the south corridor of the main courtyard; it appears to be double but is a single structural arch. On the walls of the staircase are murals with historical motifs painted by Alfredo Zalce, and in the corridors on the upper floor are paintings by Federico Cantú, Grece Greenwood, and others. It currently houses the Michoacán Regional Museum, whose collection includes a section dedicated to Michoacán's ecology and five others that showcase everything from pre-Hispanic times through archaeological objects to the Cardenista period, including the colonial era, independence, the reform, and the Porfiriato.