The 35-room brick mansion at 40 E. Burton Place was built between 1909 and 1911 by architect Richard E. Schmidt of the Schmidt, Garden and Martin architectural firm. The mansion was built for John L. Shortall, and it was later owned by William G. Beale and then by Gladys Netcher before it was purchased by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America for $200,000 in 1962.
