Casa Rosita Serrallés
| Casa Rosita Serrallés | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Spanish Colonial Revival |
| Town or city | Salud Street, between Isabel and Cristina Streets, Ponce |
| Country | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18°00′43″N 66°36′40″W / 18.0120°N 66.6112°W |
| Completed | 1926 |
| Renovated | 2012 |
| Cost | $364,807 |
| Client | Juan Eugenio Serralles |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti |
Casa Rosita Serrallés (Spanish for Rosita Serrallés Residence) is a historic building in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, located between the former Escuela Libre de Música Juan Morel Campos and the Museo de la Historia de Ponce, and immediately behind Teatro La Perla. It was built for one of the heirs of Juan Eugenio Serrallés Perez, son of businessman Juan Serrallés Colón, founder of Destilería Serrallés, and himself the CEO of the company that founded Ron Don Q. The building was purchased by the government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce in 2008 for its architectural, historic, and cultural value. As of February 2012, the building was being restored to convert it into an annex of the Museo de la Historia de Ponce to depict the 1985 Mameyes tragedy of barrio Portugues Urbano in Ponce.
In 1979 the house became the home of Rosita Serrallés Sánchez and her husband Guillermo Torruella Fornaris. Rosita and Guillermo had been living at the more spacious hilltop Castillo Serrallés mansion until Guillermo fell ill in 1979. Rosita Serrallés Sánchez was the daughter of Juan Eugenio Serrallés and Rosa María Sánchez, the couple that ordered the building of the spacious Castillo Serralles on the El Vigia Hill in Ponce. Upon Juan Eugenio and Rosa Maria's death, Rosita and Guillermo came to occupy the big hilltop mansion.
In 2008, the municipality of Ponce purchased the house from Rosa María ("Rosita") Torruella Serrallés, and her two brothers, Alberto J. Torruella Serrallés and Guillermo J. Torruella Serrallés. It was purchased for $364,807, under the administration of mayor Francisco Zayas Seijo. In 2014 it opened as "Museo de la Recordacion Barrio Mameyes" under Ponce mayor María Meléndez at Calle Salud 67. It is also known as "Sala Memorial del Barrio Mameyes" as it operates as a part of the Museo de la Historia de Ponce.
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