Sacramento County
Biographies
ALLYN L.
BURR
ALLYN L. BURR.--The importance of providing adequately-stocked and well-managed headquarters for builders needing roofing and other supplies is well illustrated by what Allyn L. Burr has done, in organizing a center for the convenience of architects and contractors, and the response of the building trades to his commendable enterprise, on continuous exhibition at Eleventh and R Streets in Sacramento, in which city he was born on October 22, 1885, the son of R. P and Emma (Lord) Burr. His father was also both a native son of California and of Sacramento, who, as a real pioneer, was long associated with Messrs. Baker & Hamilton. Both Mr. And Mrs. Burr are still living, the center of groups of devoted friends.
Allyn L. Burr was rather fortunate in his schooling and start in life, having not only attended the grammar and high schools, but also the Belmont preparatory school, from which he was graduated; and then he followed civil engineering as a profession. He was in railroad work for eight years, and then in the real estate business for two years; and after that he was associated with the Johns Manville Company for another eight years, as manager of their northern California territory.
On March 1, 1921, Mr. Burr established himself in business, and since then he has been kept busy doing large roofing jobs, many of them being state contract work. Mr. Burr is careful in the extreme as to the training and experience of the men he employs, and one result is that his work may always be regarded as thoroughly dependable. He is a Republican in politics. Fraternally, he is a Mason, a Knight Templar, and a member of the Shrine.
Allyn Burr was married to Miss Ruth Seadler, a native daughter, by whom he has had one son, Jim, and twin daughters, Emma May and Alice. He is fond of hunting and fishing, and annually pays his respects to Sacramento’s great outdoors.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages 917-918. Historic Record Company,
Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.