Gustavus Sidenberg

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.

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, the Sidenberg family moved to New York City.

For the remainder of the nineteenth century, the firm of G. Sidenberg and Company continued, at various Manhattan addresses, and did an extensive business in both the manufacture and importation of lace goods.

[3] In 1892, he built a steam yacht, which had been designed by the noted marine architect Henry I Gielow and constructed at the yard of C.R.

The building, which survives as the Theresa Towers, later became a center of the Harlem Renaissance[8] and is now on the National Register of Historic Places.