Alice McClure Burr
American, 1861 - 1946
During the 1911-1912 winter season they were traveling abroad and 90 Marlborough was the home of Bayard Thayer, a noted yachtsman, and his wife, Ruth (Simpkins) Thayer. They also maintained a home in Lancaster. By the next season they had moved to a new home they had built at 83-84 Beacon, and the Burrs had resumed living at 90 Marlborough.
During the 1920-1921 and 1921-1922 winter seasons the Burrs were again traveling abroad.
During the 1920-1921 season, 90 Marlborough was the home of Bayard Warren and his wife, Elizabeth (Sears) Warren. They also maintained a home in Prides Crossing. He was a trustee of estates. They had moved by the next season, and during the 1922-1923 season were living at 35 Commonwealth.
During the 1921-1922 winter season, 90 Marlborough was the home of wool merchant William Arthur Dupee and his wife, Clara Ethel (Purdon) Dupee. They previously had lived in Milton. By the 1922-1923 season they were living in Hyde Park, and by the 1923-1924 season were living at 181 Commonwealth.
The Burrs resumed living at 90 Marlborough during the 1922-1923 season, but by 1925 had moved to the Hotel Agassiz at 191 Commonwealth.
On May 12, 1924, 90 Marlborough was purchased from the Burrs by the Katharine Gibbs School for use as classrooms, and possibly as offices and staff housing.
https://backbayhouses.org/90-marlborough/; accessed 5/21/2021
Isaac Tucker Burr, Jr., was born on 21 February 1858. He graduated from Harvard in 1879 and became involved in Boston banking and investing. He married Alice McClure Peters, born 9 February 1861, in Jamaica Plain on 12 October 1882 (Charles Burr Todd, A General History of the Burr Family … 1193-1891).
The newlyweds were Back Bay nomads. Their first home was at 356 Marlborough, but in 1885-1886 they were at 377 on the same street. They were next the original owners of 410 Beacon Street, designed for them by Cabot and Chandler. They sold that residence and moved to Milton in the spring of 1892. But the country estate was seasonal: a home in Boston was still necessary. In 1903 the Burr family were at 164 Marlborough before moving to 127 Commonwealth Avenue. A year later they resided at 90 Marlborough and by 1925 were living in the "Hotel Agassiz" at 191 Commonwealth Avenue. They were still living there in 1946 when Alice passed away.
https://burrestate.com/history; accessed 5/21/2021
On the Boston Social Register 1919
https://books.google.com/books?id=Rm1IAAAAYAAJ&dq=alice%20m.%20pratt%20burr&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q=alice%20m.%20pratt%20burr&f=false
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