The Sorrento Hotel, located at the northwest corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue on lower First Hill in Seattle, opened just in time for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. Built by the Samuel Rosenberg Investment Company, the brick hotel was designed by architect Harlan Thomas (1870-1953) as a luxury hotel of seven stories in an eclectic Italianate style.
Samuel Rosenberg (1861-1916), of Kline and Rosenberg, Clothiers, participated in the successful Chamber of Commerce campaign to make Seattle the outfitting and jumping-off place for gold seekers to the Klondike during the Gold Rush of 1897. He served on the Chamber's Bureau of Information in 1897 and helped tell the world that "a ton of gold" had landed in Seattle. The Sorrento Hotel is evidence that this was a very lucrative business strategy.
In 1907 Rosenberg bought two lots on the northwest corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue and proposed building a six-story "family hotel" to be called the Hotel Puget.
Samuel Rosenberg, father of Harry and David, was a successful hotel owner in Seattle, Washington, but his true love was agriculture. In 1910 he traded the luxurious Hotel Sorrento for 240 prime acres of pears in Southern Oregon's Rogue River Valley and named them Bear Creek Orchards after the nearby waterway.
Following Sam's death in 1916, his two sons, Harry and David, took over the family orchard business. The brothers were schooled in agriculture at Cornell University and they put their agricultural training to good use. Harry and David decided early on to specialize in the Comice pear for which there was a good export market to the grand hotels and restaurants of Europe. The Rogue Valley proved even better suited to the Comice pear than its birthplace in France. Harry and David named their luxurious pears "Royal Riviera" to set them apart from varieties grown elsewhere. Throughout the Roaring 20's, the fame of Royal Riviera pears spread, and business boomed.
Samuel Rosenberg is buried in Seattle, Washington. Cemetery coming soon! Sorry for any confusion about his burial.
Samuel Rosenberg (1861-1916), of Kline and Rosenberg, Clothiers, participated in the successful Chamber of Commerce campaign to make Seattle the outfitting and jumping-off place for gold seekers to the Klondike during the Gold Rush of 1897. He served on the Chamber's Bureau of Information in 1897 and helped tell the world that "a ton of gold" had landed in Seattle. The Sorrento Hotel is evidence that this was a very lucrative business strategy.
In 1907 Rosenberg bought two lots on the northwest corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue and proposed building a six-story "family hotel" to be called the Hotel Puget.
Samuel Rosenberg, father of Harry and David, was a successful hotel owner in Seattle, Washington, but his true love was agriculture. In 1910 he traded the luxurious Hotel Sorrento for 240 prime acres of pears in Southern Oregon's Rogue River Valley and named them Bear Creek Orchards after the nearby waterway.
Following Sam's death in 1916, his two sons, Harry and David, took over the family orchard business. The brothers were schooled in agriculture at Cornell University and they put their agricultural training to good use. Harry and David decided early on to specialize in the Comice pear for which there was a good export market to the grand hotels and restaurants of Europe. The Rogue Valley proved even better suited to the Comice pear than its birthplace in France. Harry and David named their luxurious pears "Royal Riviera" to set them apart from varieties grown elsewhere. Throughout the Roaring 20's, the fame of Royal Riviera pears spread, and business boomed.
Samuel Rosenberg is buried in Seattle, Washington. Cemetery coming soon! Sorry for any confusion about his burial.
The Sorrento Hotel, located at the northwest corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue on lower First Hill in Seattle, opened just in time for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. Built by the Samuel Rosenberg Investment Company, the brick hotel was designed by architect Harlan Thomas (1870-1953) as a luxury hotel of seven stories in an eclectic Italianate style.
Samuel Rosenberg (1861-1916), of Kline and Rosenberg, Clothiers, participated in the successful Chamber of Commerce campaign to make Seattle the outfitting and jumping-off place for gold seekers to the Klondike during the Gold Rush of 1897. He served on the Chamber's Bureau of Information in 1897 and helped tell the world that "a ton of gold" had landed in Seattle. The Sorrento Hotel is evidence that this was a very lucrative business strategy.
In 1907 Rosenberg bought two lots on the northwest corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue and proposed building a six-story "family hotel" to be called the Hotel Puget.
Samuel Rosenberg, father of Harry and David, was a successful hotel owner in Seattle, Washington, but his true love was agriculture. In 1910 he traded the luxurious Hotel Sorrento for 240 prime acres of pears in Southern Oregon's Rogue River Valley and named them Bear Creek Orchards after the nearby waterway.
Following Sam's death in 1916, his two sons, Harry and David, took over the family orchard business. The brothers were schooled in agriculture at Cornell University and they put their agricultural training to good use. Harry and David decided early on to specialize in the Comice pear for which there was a good export market to the grand hotels and restaurants of Europe. The Rogue Valley proved even better suited to the Comice pear than its birthplace in France. Harry and David named their luxurious pears "Royal Riviera" to set them apart from varieties grown elsewhere. Throughout the Roaring 20's, the fame of Royal Riviera pears spread, and business boomed.
Samuel Rosenberg is buried in Seattle, Washington. Cemetery coming soon! Sorry for any confusion about his burial.
Samuel Rosenberg (1861-1916), of Kline and Rosenberg, Clothiers, participated in the successful Chamber of Commerce campaign to make Seattle the outfitting and jumping-off place for gold seekers to the Klondike during the Gold Rush of 1897. He served on the Chamber's Bureau of Information in 1897 and helped tell the world that "a ton of gold" had landed in Seattle. The Sorrento Hotel is evidence that this was a very lucrative business strategy.
In 1907 Rosenberg bought two lots on the northwest corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue and proposed building a six-story "family hotel" to be called the Hotel Puget.
Samuel Rosenberg, father of Harry and David, was a successful hotel owner in Seattle, Washington, but his true love was agriculture. In 1910 he traded the luxurious Hotel Sorrento for 240 prime acres of pears in Southern Oregon's Rogue River Valley and named them Bear Creek Orchards after the nearby waterway.
Following Sam's death in 1916, his two sons, Harry and David, took over the family orchard business. The brothers were schooled in agriculture at Cornell University and they put their agricultural training to good use. Harry and David decided early on to specialize in the Comice pear for which there was a good export market to the grand hotels and restaurants of Europe. The Rogue Valley proved even better suited to the Comice pear than its birthplace in France. Harry and David named their luxurious pears "Royal Riviera" to set them apart from varieties grown elsewhere. Throughout the Roaring 20's, the fame of Royal Riviera pears spread, and business boomed.
Samuel Rosenberg is buried in Seattle, Washington. Cemetery coming soon! Sorry for any confusion about his burial.
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