George Burnham (architect)

[1] Upon graduating, he worked in Boston for short time, before moving to New York City to become part of the Tryon, Brown & Burnham partnership.

He moved back to his hometown of Portland, where he designed a home for his father at today's 199 Western Promenade.

[1] In 1908, he won the competition to design, along with Boston architect Guy Lowell,[5] today's Cumberland County Courthouse on Federal Street in Portland.

The duo saw off competition from John Calvin Stevens, Frederick Tompson and Francis Fassett.

[1] In 1913, the pair designed the Burnham & Morrill Plant in Portland's Back Cove, part-owned by his namesake uncle.