Casa Serrallés

Casa Serrallés
Casa Serrallés, today home to the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Town or city	Calle Salud and Calle Isabel (southeast corner), Ponce
Country	Puerto Rico
Coordinates	18°00′45″N 66°36′39″W / 18.01262°N 66.61082°W / 18.01262; -66.61082
Construction started	1911
Completed	1912
Client	Juan Eugenio Serralles
Design and construction
Architect	Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti
Engineer	Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti

Casa Serrallés (Spanish for Serrallés Residence) is a historic building in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was built in 1911 by Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti for Don Juan Eugenio Serrallés Pérez, son of businessman Juan Serrallés Colón, founder of Destilería Serrallés, and himself the CEO of the company that founded Ron Don Q. The building is currently home to the Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña.

The house was built in 1911 by Alfredo Weichers, for Juan Eugenio Serrallés Pérez and his wife Rosa María Sánchez.

The house is located on the southeast corner of Calle Isabel and Calle Salud, in the Ponce Historic Zone. The location of the house, together with its historic significance, courtyard, and architectural details, make it unique among other Puerto Rico homes.

The structure is located less than one block from Casa Rosita Serrallés, another—though much smaller—Serrallés residence.

Casa Serrallés was built as the exclusive residence of Don Eugenio Serrallés, a leader in the sugar cane industry during the early part of the 20th century. The building is significant from the architectural, historical, and cultural perspectives.

Architecturally, the building represents an example of one major architectural design popular among the elite class of the early 20th century: Neoclassical style

Historically, the building is a reminder of the cultural and economic changes that southern Puerto Rico experienced in the 1920s. "Ponce's dependence on the sugar cane industry at the close of the 19th century, created an atmosphere of development from which evolved a series of intrinsic cultural characteristics and afforded great wealth to many families involved in the industry. The wealthy families generally chose Europe as the model for the direction that cultural endeavors would take."