Preceded by Rosendo Aquiles-Colón Preceded by Ramón Elices Montes Died Ponce, Puerto Rico | Succeeded by Coronel José Mileris Nationality Puerto Rican | |
Succeeded by Fernando Díaz de Ulzurrum y Somellera Spouse(s) (1) Leonora Fajardo
(2) Juana Palau | ||
Ermelindo Salazar (ca. 1840 – ca. 1920) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1880 and in 1887. 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 and from 1991 to 1996 it was also the first headquarters of the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña.
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Early years
Ermelindo Salazar Schuck was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Pedro Juan Salazar Fournier and Luisa Schuck.
Landowner, merchant and banker
Salazar Schuck was a prominent landowner, merchant, and banker from Ponce. In his life as a merchant, in 1885, he founded the Ponce Chamber of Commerce. 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.
Family life
Salazar Schuck married Leonora Fajardo, a wealthy woman also from Ponce. 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. On 28 November 1917, Salazar y Schuck was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Port of Ponce.
Legacy
Salazar is honored at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to the municipality of Ponce.