The building was constructed in the 19th century and by 1900 it housed a still operated by French people, one of whom was popularly known as "Don Luís El Francés".

This use was maintained for a few years, after which the property was used as a summer residence or as accommodation for a military detachment.

After many twists and turns, in the early 1940s, the building known as "Casa de los Franceses" or "del Aguardiente" regained its original industrial use.

During the following years, it reached its second and final peak as a distillery producing aguardiente, which was marketed under the name "La Herreñita."

At the end of the 1960s, with the premature death of Lorenzo González, the last owner and burner, the house fell into a state of abandonment. Deteriorated, in 1996 it was bought from his heir by the Cabildo Insular de El Hierro, who undertook the restoration work. With more than a century of history, the Casa del Aguardiente or Casa de Los Franceses was inaugurated. The building was constructed in the 19th century, and in 1900 it housed a still operated by Frenchmen. This use was maintained for a few years, after which the building was used for other purposes. At the beginning of the 1940s, the building known as "Casa de Los Franceses" recovered its original industrial use as a factory producing brandy, marketed under the name of "La Herreñita". At the end of the 1960s, after the death of the last "quemador", the house was abandoned until it was acquired and restored by the Cabildo Insular de El Hierro (Island Council of El Hierro).