 It was sold to Caetano Lopes da Silva, a fishmonger, then a renter in the home.In 1838 the residence was returned to the Albuquerque family by a judicial decision.In 1873, the 11th and last Duke of Albuquerque, owing to debts, sold the building to another fishmonger, Joaquim C. Lopes da Silva, who began using the building as a warehouse for salted codfish.