McLaughlin and Burr was formed in 1920, a partnership of James E. McLaughlin and G. Houston Burr.  McLaughlin previously had worked as a sole practitioner and Burr was an architect in his office.

McLaughlin and Burr remained active into the 1950s.  It designed a number of public, commercial, and residential buildings.  Among their works were Temple Israel and the Elks Hotel (275 Tremont, later the Bradford Hotel) in Boston, and a number of schools, including Boston Latin School, Belmont High School, Watertown High School, Salem High School, the Mary E. Curley School in Jamaica Plain, and Dorchester High School.

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