Boker house

Since 1614, the Boker family made tools and sold them in Germany, then exported them abroad, including to Mexico. In 1862, two cousins emigrated to New York, one of whom, Roberto Boker, arrived in Mexico due to the economic problems caused by the American Civil War and established his business in the historic center. Selling German cutlery and machinery imported from the United States (such as sewing and typing machines), the company expanded, and in 1896, American architects and Mexican engineer Gonzalo Garita (who participated in the construction of the Postal Palace) built this building. A replica of a pre-Hispanic piece representing a decapitated eagle can be seen in the building's foyer (the original is in the Anthropology Museum). Like other buildings of the time, Casa Boker was avant-garde in using steel beams in columns and beams, but its style was conventional, copying the eclectic European style, representative of modernity, in the absence of a unique style of the Mexican bourgeoisie. The progress of the works was followed by the young photographer Guillermo Kahlo (father of...), as his first report.

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