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BURDEN, George A.
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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 moved to Four Mounds, then far from the city. Burden had a home constructed in the style of PRAIRIE ARCHITECTURE being popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright. 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.