Don't Trust Snakes: If Burr were alive today, he would know how to settle the question

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

If Burr were alive today, he would know how to settle the question

One if by Land, Two if by Sea, at No. 17, is known as a romantic hideaway -- and the owner, Armand Braiger, has added extra romance by maintaining that 17 Barrow was built in the 18th century and used as Aaron Burr's carriage house.

Unfortunately, title records do not list Burr as an owner; he died in 1836, only two years after tax and other records indicate 17 Barrow was built. And Regina Kellerman, an architectural historian, says that Burr's estate came ''nowhere near'' this block. - New York Times, November 1, 1998

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