Gustavus Sidenberg
Gustavus Sidenberg (22 May 1843 – 22 January 1915) was a Jewish-American manufacturer and financier best known for building New York City's Hotel Theresa, which has become a New York City landmark on the National Register of Historic Places. Life Sidenberg was born in Trachenberg, near Breslau, in Silesia, which was then part of the kingdom of Prussia. He was the first son of Wilhelm Sidenberg (16 April 1782 – 15 May 1817) and Henriette Bruck Sidenberg (16 September 1815 – 18 May 1896). On 14 September 1854, he arrived in New York City on the ship ''Elizabeth'' with his mother, three younger brothers, a sister, and perhaps other relatives; his father seems to have traveled to the United States separately. The family first went to New Bedford, Massachusetts, and then moved to Missouri where Wilhelm worked as a peddler. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Sidenberg family moved to New York City. By 1863, Sidenberg was in business with his father as G. Sidenberg an ...
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