Chácara Lane, Historic house in Consolação, São Paulo, Brazil.
Chácara Lane is a two-story wooden residence from the 1800s with thick vegetation in the Luz area of São Paulo. The building preserves a large garden with many trees and soil that allows water to soak through, which is unusual in this densely built city.
The house was built between 1890 and 1906 on land acquired by Lanton Annesley, father of missionary Mary Annesley Chamberlain. In 1906 Mary sold the property to physician Lauriston Job Lane, son of educator Horace Manley Lane, which fixed the name Chácara Lane. The city bought it in 1944 and listed it with Conpresp in 2004.
The house shows how wealthy families of the late 1800s lived outside the center while keeping large green spaces around them. This type of country estate was common in São Paulo before the city grew quickly and such places became rare.
The house stands at Rua da Consolação 1024, near the corner with Rua Itambé and Rua Piauí, in the Consolação district. The nearest metro is Higienópolis-Mackenzie on the Yellow Line. The building is part of the Museu da Cidade, and part of the former estate grounds is occupied by the EMEI Gabriel Prestes school.
The property maintains its original ecological features with permeable soil and dense tree growth in a central urban area normally dominated by concrete. This makes it a rare example of natural green space in the middle of São Paulo.
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