Very close to the historical center of the city of Ponta Delgada stands the House of Santa Margarida, a secular property that has been in the possession of the same family since its construction (last quarter of the 19th century). It is in Rua Margarida de Chaves that the Casa de Santa Margarida rises freshly in gray and white and with discreet splendor, whose designation honors the "Venerable Matron Margarida de Chaves", who lived in the middle of the sixteenth century and is an ancestor of the family owner of the House.