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He built the [[Thiesen Building]] on the northeast corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Romana Street]]s in [[1901]]. He was reportedly warned that his venture would fail and the building would be lost to receivership; when this failed to happen, Thiesen gloated by flying the Danish flag from the building every year until his death.
Thiesen's wife Effie divorced him in 1927. Thiesen died in [[1934]], and is buried in St. Michael's Cemetery.<ref>Sutton, Leora "Christian [sic] Ustrup Thiesen",University of West Florida, John C. Pace Library, Special Collections (unpublished manuscript)</ref>==References==<references/>
[[Category:Deceased persons|Thiesen, Christen]] [[Category:Business biographies|Thiesen, Christen]]
