The origin of this hacienda, located in Barrio Rayo of Sabana Grande, dates back to 1872.  José Ferreras Pagán states in his 1902 book Biografia de las Riquezas de Puerto Rico that it was established in 1872 by Manuel Rodriguez Soto and acquired by Santiago Quilichini in 1896.  Its sugar factory had a mill imported from Scotland that operated until 1920, thereafter it continued to be a plantation or colono of one of the nearby sugar mills until the late 1980s.  It has since 1896 to this day, owned by members of the Quilichini family.

Santiago Alfonso Quilichini Peretti (1849-1911) and his half sister Blanca Maria Quilinchini Colombani were the first members of the Quilichini family to arrive in Puerto Rico from Corsica in 1871 according to the 1910 census records.  Santiago Alfonso was the son of Juan Simón Quilichini and Maria Arminda (Herminia) Peretti residents of Bilia, Corsica.  Upon arrival in Puerto Rico, Santiago Alfonso established himself in Maricao where he was a school teacher.  In 1874 he was single working as a hacienda overseer in San Germán and later in Yauco before establishing residence in Barrio Rayo of Sabana Grande.  Santiago Alfonso married Vicenta Ramirez de Arellano of San Germán and had three children; Juan Simón (1880-1942), Vicente (1883-1968) and Maria (1884- ) Quilichini Ramirez de Arellano.

Blanche Marie Quilichini Colombani (1865-1906) was born in Solaro, Corse, France the daughter of Corsican residents Giovanni Simone Quilichini and Maria Chilara Colombani.  In 1883, she married her first and only husband Jacques Antoine Susini Paoli (1851-1924) whom she divorced before emigrating to Puerto Rico.  Their only daughter Marie Therese Spínola Marie Victoire Stefanie Susini Quilichini (1884- ) aka Spinola Susini Quilichini born in Santa Maria Figaniella, Corse, France also emigrated to Puerto Rico with her mother in 1902.

The 1910 census records shows Santiago Quilichini Peretti as the owner of a sugar plantation in Barrio Rayo of Sabana Grande.  The record shows him as a widower living with two sons named Vicente Quilichini Ramirez de Arellano and Maria Quilichini Ramirez de Arellano, a niece named Spinola Susini Quilichini and two grandchildren named Santiago Alfonso Quilichini Susini (1906-1917) and Blanca Quilichini Susini (1908-1996).  

On October 15, 1905 Vicente Quilichini Ramirez de Arellano married his 1st cousin Spínola Susini Quilichini in Sabana Grande.  From their marriage Vicente and Spinola had four children; Santiago Alfonso and Blanca mentioned above appearing in the 1910 census records and Vicente Leovigildo, nicknamed Leo (1912-1979) and Octavio (1921-1995) Quilichini Susini

After the death of Santiago Alfonso in 1911, the hacienda was inherited by his son Vicente Quilichini Ramirez de Arellano.  It appears another son, Juan Simón inherited part of the land as in the 1930 census records he is reported as a farmer of other minor fruits and vegetables in Barrio Rayo of Sabana Grande.  Upon the death of Vicente in 1968 the hacienda was inherited by his three surviving children Blanca, Octavio and Leo Quilichini Susini (Santiago Alfonso died in 1916 when 11 years old).

In 1931 Blanca Quilichini Susini married Antonio Rodriguez Rodriguez of Hormigueros and had three children; Hamilcar Antonio Rodriguez Quilichini (1932-1987), Hulvia Spinola Rodriguez Quilichini (1935- ) and Vilma Rodriguez Quilichini (1936- ).  Allegedly, Blanca managed to have her two brothers Octavio and Leo assign their participation in the hacienda to her in a rather dubious way.  She then transferred title to her son Hamilcar who managed the hacienda until his death growing sugarcane which was processed at one of the nearby central sugar mills, possibly Guanica Centrale or Central Eureka.  The owner of the hacienda in 1995 when it was included in the National Register of Historic Places was Iraida Muñoz Riera the widow of Hamilcar.

When we visited the property we could not gain access to the premises so we could only photograph from a distance.  However, the document to include the property in the National Register of Historic Places ia accompanied by this gallery that include pictures of the manor house reproduced below and of the house interior and its surroundings.  We do not know what the date 1935 showing on the chimeny stands for.