Joseph L. Buttenwieser

Joseph Leon Buttenwieser (1865–1938) was an American lawyer, philanthropist, and civic leader in New York.

Biography Buttenwieser was born to a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of immigrants from Germany. Buttenwieser practiced law and used the proceeds to invest in real estate and was a driver of real property legislation changes in New York state. Buttenwieser was active in Jewish philanthropic activities. He was married to Caroline Weil; they had five children: Clara Buttenwieser Unger; Florence Buttenwieser Klingenstein; Clarence Buttenwieser; Benjamin Buttenwieser and Gertrude C. Buttenwieser Prins. Their son Benjamin married Helen Lehman Buttenwieser. Benjamin made junior partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co., a former, well renowned investment banking firm from NYC, and was also personally chosen as Assistant High Commissioner to Germany after WWII by acting commissioner John J. McCloy.