French-style building that simulates a medieval building. In the mid-nineteenth century it was a hacienda dedicated to the exploitation of dyewood, which at the end of this century -with the henequen boom- this industry became the basis of the economy of the entire Yucatan peninsula. The Peón family, owners of this hacienda, saw their property of more than 2,000 hectares notoriously reduced in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. In 1972, what remained of the hacienda was expropriated by the State Government, its henequen scraping machines continued to function until the 1980s.
In the central part, the semicircular arcade can be seen, supported by paired columns with Tuscan capitals; circular reliefs are noticeable and they are flanked by two lateral towers of one volume. This hacienda was established around 1830.
Tankuché comes from Mayan words, whose meaning is "in front of the cedars".