Mr. Luman Burr This is Me

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   www.burrhouse.net/history.html - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/19/2008   Last Visited: 1/19/2008

   Beginning Federal in style, the original owner of Burr House, Luman Burr, had it remodeled in the Queen Anne fashion in the late 19th Century, adding gables, tall chimneys, and spindlework porches. The porches were removed in the early 1930's.
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   By all accounts Mr. Burr was a vigorous man, very involved in and well respected in the community. He preferred to remain in the background in community affairs, but was prevailed upon to run for alderman by some of Bloomington's most prominent citizens. He ran as an independent candidate for alderman of the 1st ward, a position he then held for several terms in th 1870's. Mr. Burr eventually became a partner in the law firm of Williams, Burr, and Capen.
   
   Luman Burr built two houses at Prairie and Locust streets, and then in 1864 he built the Burr House on the northwest corner of Chestnut and Prairie Streets.
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   This was Mr. Burr's home until his death in 1921.