Dubuque · Four Mounds & the North End
Four Mounds Inn
Rooms in the 1908 Grey House and 1924 White House on the Burdens' estate on the Mississippi bluffs, above four prehistoric burial mounds.
- Built
- 1908–24The Grey House, the estate's main house, was completed in 1908; the estate's White House dates to 1924.
- Architect
- Lawrence Buck
- Type
- Inn
- Area
- Four Mounds & the North End
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
George A. and Viola Burden established the country estate on the Mississippi bluffs in 1908 and lived in what became the chauffeur’s house while the Grey House was finished. Architect Lawrence Buck designed the stucco-walled, shake-roofed Grey House, and its Arts & Crafts light fixtures may be by metalworker Eleanor d’Arcy Gaw. The White House followed in 1924 for their son Bill Burden. Four prehistoric burial mounds line the bluff below the house, and revenue from the inn funds the foundation’s HEART job-training program.
Good to know
- Address: 4900 Peru Road, Dubuque, IA
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.