Ermelindo Salazar

Ermelindo Salazar (ca. 1840 - ca. 1920) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1880^[4] and in 1887.^[5] He is best remembered for his majestic residence in downtown Ponce (70 Cristina Street) and which today is the Carmen Solá de Pereira Ponce Cultural Center. From 1959 to 1965, the building was the first home of the Museo de Arte de Ponce^[6] and from 1991 to 1996 it was also the first headquarters of the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña.^[7][8]

Early years

Ermelindo Salazar Schuck^[9] was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico,^[10] to Pedro Juan Salazar Fournier and Luisa Schuck.

Landowner, merchant and banker

Salazar Schuck was a prominent landowner, merchant, and banker from Ponce.^[11] In his life as a merchant, in 1885, he founded the Ponce Chamber of Commerce.^[12] In the area of finance, Salazar became one of the directors, and later president, of Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño, one of the largest and oldest in the Island.^[13][14]

Family life

Salazar Schuck married Leonora Fajardo, a wealthy woman also from Ponce.^[15] One of Ermelindo's sons, Guillermo Salazar, built his own majestic house also in the Ponce Historic Zone. This house was converted into the Museo de la Historia de Ponce in 1992.

Political and civic

On 27 April 1884 he was elected as a delegate to the Cadiz Cortes.^[16] On 28 November 1917, Salazar y Schuck was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Port of Ponce.^[17]

Legacy

Salazar is honored at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to the municipality of Ponce.^[18]

References

1. ↑ Porto Rico federal reports, Volume 1. United States District Court (Puerto Rico). Henry F. Hord, Bernard Shandon Rodey. Page 120. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
2. ↑ Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Vestibulo (Lobby). February 2012.
3. ↑ Porto Rico federal reports, Volume 1. United States District Court (Puerto Rico). Henry F. Hord, Bernard Shandon Rodey. Page 120. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
4. ↑ Ponce. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
5. ↑ Ponce. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
6. ↑ Cultural Center Carmen Solá de Pereira. TravelPonce.com. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
7. ↑ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, et al. Breviario sobre la Historia de Ponce y sus Principales Lugares de Interes. 1st edition. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Model Offset Printing. 1991. Page 129.
8. ↑ Centro Cultural Carmen Solá Vda. de Pereira. Government of the Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ponce, Ciudad Señorial: Atracciones Turisticas. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
9. ↑ Diputados a las Cortes Españolas, 1809 ~ 1898. Circunscripción de Puerto Rico: Elecciones del 27de abril de 1884. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
10. ↑ Museo de la Historia de Ponce. Vestibulo (Lobby). Ponce, Puerto Rico. February 2012.
11. ↑ Cultural Center Carmen Solá de Pereira. TravelPonce.com. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
12. ↑ CAMARA DE COMERCIO DE PONCE Y SUR DE PUERTO RICO. Ricardo L. Negrón Colón. 10 August 1996. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
13. ↑ De bibliotecas y gabinetes de lectura. Marta Aponte Alsina. Angelica Furiosa. 21 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
14. ↑ CALLS OFF HIS WEDDING: Audubon Tyler and Miss Porter, Artists, Decide Not to Wed. The New York Times. 8 June 1911. Page 11. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
15. ↑ Porto Rico federal reports, Volume 1. United States District Court (Puerto Rico). Henry F. Hord, Bernard Shandon Rodey. Page 120. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
16. ↑ State Elections Commission: Work Summary 1991-1996. Comision Estatal de Elecciones. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
17. ↑ Annual report of the Secretary of War. United States. War Dept. Page 59. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
18. ↑ Civism.' Travel Ponce. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

See also

• Ponce, Puerto Rico
• List of famous Puerto Ricans