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[[Image:imp183.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]BURDEN, George A. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1866--Dubuque, IA, 1945). Developer of [[FOUR MOUNDS]]. Burden used some of the money earned from the investments of his father to construct a mansion at 130 W. 11th Street. In 1908, soon after his marriage, he | [[Image:imp183.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]BURDEN, George A. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1866--Dubuque, IA, 1945). Developer of [[FOUR MOUNDS]]. Burden used some of the money earned from the investments of his father to construct a mansion at 130 W. 11th Street. | ||
In 1908, soon after his marriage, he established Four Mounds, the last remaining intact gentleman’s farm in Iowa, then far from the city. (1) Burden had The Grey House, located at the National Register Historic District and Landmark Site Four Mounds Estate, constructed by Lawrence Buck, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright. (2) Sixty acres perched over the bluffs of the Mississippi River host over 15 historic buildings from the farm dating from 1908 through 1953. A more traditional home was built for his son [[BURDEN, George R.|George R. BURDEN]]. | |||
Once the head cashier at the Cascade State Bank of which [[RICHARDS, Benjamin Billings|Benjamin Billings RICHARDS]] was president, Burden later developed real estate in Dubuque. | Once the head cashier at the Cascade State Bank of which [[RICHARDS, Benjamin Billings|Benjamin Billings RICHARDS]] was president, Burden later developed real estate in Dubuque. | ||
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1. "The Grey House," Preservation Nation, Online: https://www.flickr.com/photos/preservationnation/3573503500/ | |||
2. Ibid. | |||
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Family History: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johnadams&id=I274
BURDEN, George A. (Dubuque, IA, Feb. 1866--Dubuque, IA, 1945). Developer of FOUR MOUNDS. Burden used some of the money earned from the investments of his father to construct a mansion at 130 W. 11th Street.
In 1908, soon after his marriage, he established Four Mounds, the last remaining intact gentleman’s farm in Iowa, then far from the city. (1) Burden had The Grey House, located at the National Register Historic District and Landmark Site Four Mounds Estate, constructed by Lawrence Buck, a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright. (2) Sixty acres perched over the bluffs of the Mississippi River host over 15 historic buildings from the farm dating from 1908 through 1953. A more traditional home was built for his son George R. BURDEN.
Once the head cashier at the Cascade State Bank of which Benjamin Billings RICHARDS was president, Burden later developed real estate in Dubuque.
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Source:
1. "The Grey House," Preservation Nation, Online: https://www.flickr.com/photos/preservationnation/3573503500/
2. Ibid.