Ermelindo Salazar

Ermelindo Salazar
Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico
In office 1880–1880
Preceded by	Rosendo Aquiles-Colón
Succeeded by	Coronel José Mileris
In office 1887–1887
Preceded by	Ramón Elices Montes
Succeeded by	Fernando Díaz de Ulzurrum y Somellera
Personal details
Born	ca. 1840 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died	ca. 1920 Ponce, Puerto Rico
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Spouse(s)	(1) Leonora Fajardo (2) Juana Palau
Children	Andres, Adela, Guillermo Francisco (1880-1950)
Occupation	Ermelindo & Pedro Salazar & Co.
Profession	Landowner, Merchant, Banker
Religion	Roman Catholic

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.

Ermelindo Salazar Schuck was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Pedro Juan Salazar Fournier and Luisa Schuck.

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.

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.

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.

Salazar is honored at the Ponce Tricentennial Park for his contributions to the municipality of Ponce.

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