Isaiah Townsend Burden (February 21, 1838 – April 23, 1913) was prominent American member of New York Society during the Gilded Age.

[6][7] He also served as president of Port Huron Iron Company and was one of the organizers of the Knickerbocker Trust Co. of New York, of which he held a large ownership interest.

[1] He purchased former Vice President of the United States and New York Governor Levi P. Morton's residence, designed by Seth C. Bradford and built in 1852–1853.

[3][10] In 1870, Morton had Richard Morris Hunt, designer of Ochre Court, add a ballroom to the house for a visit by Ulysses S. Grant shortly after he became president.

[11] In 1881, McKim, Mead and White designed family rooms on the second floor over the ballroom and added Tiffany & Co. stained glass windows to the Great Hall.