Historically, this house was used to store crops and argiculture tools. This apartment was used in particular to store potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions and corn. Sweet potato is still one of the most cultivated crops that Madeira produces today. In Madeira, it was not uncommon to keep the harvest at the top of the house. This is precisely the function of the top floor of the Santana Houses !
The history of this house refers to the collection of corn leaves and wheat straw, which during harvesting, after being threshed, the leaves of corn and wheat straw were later stored, to then keep the animals clean. and warm in winter.the top floor of the Santana Houses!