BRIEF HISTORY DURING THE SNOW ERA (1813-58)

The Burlington House was designed and partially built in 1664-5 by an architect for his personal home.  In 1667, however, he sold the still unfinished house to the 1st Earl of Burlington, giving the house its name.  In 1815 the house was sold to Lord George Cavendish, who made many alterations. 

By 1853, however, Cavendish had turned the house over to the University of London, which had its administrative headquarters here for 13 years from 1853 to 1866, having left Somerset House where its offices were originally located. The house was sold to the government in 1854.  After the University of London vacated the premises in 1866, it became home to various learned societies, including the Royal Academy of Arts. 

Burlington House is shown in the bottom center of the 1859 map cell, two blocks east of John Snow's home on Sackville Street, where he lived from 1852 until his death in 1858.  The new administrative home after 1866 of the University of London is shown in the 1870 map, along with Burlington House.

Source: Weinreb B, Hibbert C (eds). The London Encyclopaedia, 1993.