Parke T. Burrows Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. Surnames: Burrows, McLane, Wolcott, McManus. Parke Tunis Burrows is a Davenport architect who in the practice of his profession has done much to enhance the appearance of the city in the construction of substantial and attractive buildings, the list of which indicates the nature of his work and the appreciation on the part of the public for the value of his service. Davenport numbers Mr. Burrows among her native sons, his birth having occurred here, August 8, 1871. His father, Elisha G. Burrows, was likewise born in Davenport, his natal year being 1840. He was a son of John McDowell Burrows, a prominent figure in the early history of Scott county and of Iowa, having located here in 1838. He was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1814 and died here in 1889. He conducted a general store, also engaged in the grain business and owned and operated a private bank. Almost from the earliest occupancy of the white man in this state the Burrows family has been represented in Scott county. Elisha G. Burrows followed mercantile pursuits like his father. Parke T. Burrows, reared in Davenport, attended the public schools and afterward entered the University of Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1892. He then spent three years in Chicago, studying architecture and gaining broad, thorough and practical knowledge in the offices of leading members of the profession in that city. In 1895 he returned to Davenport where he has since practiced. At that time the firm of Hubbell & Burrows was formed, but in 1896 Mr. Burrows became a partner of F. G. Clausen under the firm style of Clausen & Burrows. That relation was maintained until 1904, when he became a member of the firm of Temple, Burrows & McLane, which is still in existence. The years have chronicled his growing power and ability in this city and elsewhere, including St. John's Methodist Episcopal church, the high school, the public schools Nos. 11 and 13, the Davenport Hotel, the Commercial Club, the Lane building, the Unions Savings Bank building, the First National Ban! k and others. Those who know Davenport need but to see this citation in order to understand the position which Mr. Burrows fills as an architect and builder in this city, for those buildings are among the finest of Davenport. He has also erected many others in Iowa and Illinois and is a member of the American Institute of Architects. In 1902 Mr. Burrows was married to Miss Camilla Simmons Wolcott, of St. Louis, a granddaughter of William McManus, a pioneer of Davenport. They have one daughter, Camilla. While Mr. and Mrs. Burrows are well known socially in Davenport he allows no outside interests to interfere with hi professional duties, taking genuine pleasure in his work as well as appreciating the opportunity which it affords him of promoting the adornment and improvement of the city along architectural lines. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann Assist. CC: Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm. for: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES