[2] The estate was built during the second half of the 19th century, and used to be called "Huerta de los Mudos".

He changed the name as a tribute to her wife, Vicenta Lorca Romero, into "Huerta de Vicente".

He was at the Huerta de San Vicente the days prior to his assassination, before deciding to take refuge at his friend Luis Rosales's home, where he was arrested.

[citation needed] The García Lorca family had to leave Spain in 1941 because of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and moved to the United States.

[4] On 6 April 1985, Isabel García Lorca gave the estate up to the city of Granada in order to establish a museum dedicated to the poet.