 The hotel was an immaculate structure, with a four-story frame, containing 100 elaborately decorated rooms, dining room, café, clubrooms and a ballroom.One of the Burton Houses's most famous guests was president Grover Cleveland who registered at the hotel on October 5, 1889.After years of decline, the Burton House burned to the ground in 1948, as a result of an overheated stove in the first floor meeting room of the VFW.