Casa Natal de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Birth house and national historical monument in San Juan, Argentina.

Casa Natal de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento is a colonial-style house begun in 1801 by Paula Albarracín de Sarmiento, mother of the future president. Its walls are of tapia and adobe, with cane roofs on poplar beams covered in mud and straw, and packed-earth floors. The white stucco facade has three barred windows above a low stone base, and the entrance opens onto a first patio with a descendant of the historic fig tree.

Paula Albarracín began building the house in 1801 on land inherited from her parents, and her son Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born there in 1811. In 1862, as governor of San Juan, Sarmiento used the house as the seat of government, giving it the size and form it keeps today. National Law 7062 of 7 September 1910 made it Argentina's first National Historical Monument, and the museum opened on 4 April 1911.

The rooms display personal items and documents that reflect Sarmiento's passion for education and social progress. Visitors can see how the house preserves the values and ideals of a man who shaped schooling across Argentina.

The site is located in San Juan and accessible through guided tours that walk visitors through the life and times of its former resident. Visiting during regular hours allows you to see the full displays without interruptions.

The 1944 earthquake destroyed the north wing, which Sarmiento had used as his governor's office in 1862. It was rebuilt following a plan he had drawn himself, while the south wing keeps its original tapia and adobe walls, consolidated after the quake.