James Abercrombie Burden, Jr. was married to Adele Sloane Burden, the daughter of William Sloane of W. & J. Sloane

W. & J. Sloane

W. & J. Sloane was a furniture and rug store in New York City that catered to the wealthy.-History:The company was founded as a rug importer and seller on March 2, 1843 by William Sloane who had just emigrated from Kilmarnock, Scotland, a town famous for weaving fine carpets and rugs. In 1852 his...

 and Emily Thorn Vanderbilt

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt

Emily Thorn Vanderbilt was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.The second daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam , Emily Thorn Vanderbilt was named after her aunt, Emily Almira Thorn, daughter of dynasty founder Cornelius Vanderbilt.The Sloanes were...

, who commissioned the James Burden Mansion for their daughter and her husband. Designated a historic site in the 1970s, it was designed by Warren and Wetmore

Warren and Wetmore

Warren and Wetmore was an architecture firm in New York City. It was a partnership between Whitney Warren and Charles Wetmore , that had one of the most extensive practices of its time and was known for the designing of large hotels.Whitney Warren was a cousin of the Vanderbilts and spent ten...

, who designed Grand Central Terminal. The mansion is located on 91st Street and Fifth Ave in Carnegie Hill, in New York City.

The home now is owned by the Convent of the Sacred Heart

Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York)

The Convent of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic all-girl school in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Teaching grades from pre-kindergarten through twelve, it is located on Manhattan's Upper East Side at East 91st Street and Fifth Avenue....

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See also

Henry Burden

Henry Burden

Henry Burden was an engineer and businessman who built an industrial complex in Troy, New York called the Burden Iron Works that featured the most powerful water wheel in the world.-Early life:...

, his grandfather.