Alfred Zucker
Alfred JRE Zucker (born January 23, 1852 in Freiburg, Silesia ; † August 2, 1913 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) was a German , American, and Argentine architect .
Life
Alfred Zucker studied at the Aachen Polytechnic and at the Hanover Polytechnic and finished his studies at the Berlin Building Academy in 1873 . He then worked for the Prussian State Railways in Hanover until he emigrated to the USA in 1872 . There he worked from 1873 to 1876 in the Office of the Supervising Architect , a division of the US Treasury Department under Alfred B. Mullett and WA Potter in Washington, DC He then worked for the Vicksburg and the Meridian Railroad from 1876 to 1882 before leaving He began working as an architect in New York City in 1883 , where he designed the Majestic Hotel on Central Park West after winning the tender for the Progress Club , a renowned German-Jewish club, in 1888 .
Although Zucker subsequently designed other buildings on Lower Broadway, his income fell, which is why he entered into a partnership with the American architect James Riely Gordon in 1902. 1904 fled but had to sugar the country towards Montevideo , Uruguay , to a display Gordon, left for fraud in the amount of 100,000 US dollars to escape and misrepresentation. He then settled in Buenos Aires , where he worked as an architect until his death in 1913.
Alfred Zucker married Jennie Nace Brooke on February 14, 1881 in Lauderdale, Mississippi .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The forgotten child prodigy
- ↑ Alfred JRE Sugar
- ↑ a b 1852 Alfred Zucker 1913 ( Memento from March 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Alfred Zucker
- ↑ Marriage Jennie Brook
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sugar, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zucker, Alfred JRE (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German, American and Argentinian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Silesia , Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1913 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires , Argentina |