Afterwards, Francisco Villa assumed the Governorship of Chihuahua and set out to redistribute the property of opposition families, including the Gameros'.

Following a dispute with Villa, Carranza left the city and the Quinta Gameros would go on to be used for various purposes during the war, including as government offices and as a military hospital.

On 8 December 1954, Governor Óscar Soto Maynez decreed the creation of the University of Chihuahua and earmarked the Quinta Gameros as the headquarters of the rectory and for the schools of Engineering, Law, and Music.

[1] The mansion was built by the Colombian architect Julio Corredor Latorre, in a French style popular among the Francophile Cientificos.

[1] The two sets of steps leading to the main entrance frame a small fountain depicting fishing boys.

[1] The walls are decorated with oil paintings and the doorways with floral reliefs in wood made by European artists who were living in Mexico City.