Under the communist state the land here went into a collective farm and the village became a place people commuted out of, to the factories of Dolný Kubín and Ružomberok. Hviezdoslav, meanwhile, was turned into an institution: his birthplace was kept as a literary memorial, the Orava Museum in Dolný Kubín took his name, and the national recitation competition Hviezdoslavov Kubín sent schoolchildren from the whole country to Orava to say his verse out loud. Being made compulsory is a strange fate for a poet who chose his language against the pressure of his own schooling. The two manor houses on the street lost their owners and were put to state uses.Za komunistického štátu skončila miestna pôda v družstve a z obce sa stalo miesto, odkiaľ sa dochádza — do závodov v Dolnom Kubíne a v Ružomberku. Z Hviezdoslava sa medzitým stala inštitúcia: jeho rodný dom zachovali ako literárny pamätník, Oravské múzeum v Dolnom Kubíne dostalo jeho meno a celoslovenská recitačná súťaž Hviezdoslavov Kubín vozila na Oravu školákov z celej krajiny, aby jeho verše hovorili nahlas. Byť povinným čítaním je zvláštny osud pre básnika, ktorý si svoj jazyk vybral proti tlaku vlastnej školy. Obe kúrie na ulici prišli o majiteľov a dostali štátne využitie.
