Internal evidence indicates that the east _morada_ is indeed the older one. As shown in Figure 2, the south _morada_ is located farther from the Abiquiú _plaza_, suggesting it was built at a later date--perhaps nearer 1900, when public and official criticism had prompted greater privacy for Holy Week processions, which were considered spectacles by tourists. In addition, the lesser width of the south _morada_ rooms, the square-milled beams in the oratory, and the fireplace in the east end storage room indicate that it was built after the east _morada_. In contrast, the two corner fireplaces of the east _morada_ are set in the center room, while another heating arrangement--an oil drum set on a low _adobe_ dais--appears to have been added at a later date. The east _morada_ was the obvious model for the builders of the later one on the south edge of Abiquiú. Local _penitentes_ admit that there was a division in the original chapter just prior to 1900[54] but deny that the separation was made because of political differences, as suggested by one author.[55] The older members say that the first _morada_ merely had become too large for convenient use of the building. The three rooms in each _morada_ are distinguished by bare, whitewashed walls of _adobe_ plaster, hard-packed dirt floors, two exterior doors, and three windows. A locked door is located off the oratory in the north face of the south _morada_. Figures 10 and 11 show the sanctuaries in the south and east _morada_; and Figure 12, the back of the east _morada_ oratory. Its open door leads into the center room, where the members would not remove the boards on the windows for me to take photographs. The east end room in each _morada_ serves for storage of processional and ceremonial equipment. [Illustration: FIGURE 10. ALTAR IN SOUTH _Morada_. SIZE: 10.05 meters long, 3.51 wide. LOCATION: West room in south _morada_. DESCRIPTION: Looking west into sanctuary; dirt floor with cotton rag rugs; side walls lined with benches and hung with religious prints; square-milled timber ceiling; draped arch with candelabra; altar and gradin with religious images. (Numbers refer to subsequent illustrations.)] [Illustration: FIGURE 11. ALTAR IN EAST _Morada_. DESCRIPTION: Looking into sanctuary; dirt floor and convergent _adobe_ walls; sacristy entry marked by drapes and raised floor; candelabra and sand boxes for votive candles; draped altar table supplied with religious images. (Numbers refer to subsequent illustrations.)] [Illustration: FIGURE 12. REAR OF ORATORY, EAST _Morada_. SIZE: 10.98 meters long, 4.04 wide. LOCATION: Back of west room in east _morada_. DESCRIPTION: Looking east, to rear of oratory. Dirt floor, _adobe_-plastered walls, wooden benches, iron stove, framed religious prints on walls, ceiling of round beams (_vigas_).]