Claim: Bob Burns and his brother started on their music career when the Burn family moved into a two-story Victorian house located in Van BUren, Arkansas in 1896, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Evidence: The Burn family (the "s" was added to Bob Burns' stage name) moved into this house in 1896 and purchased it in 1901. Bob Burns and his brother Farrar made their start in music, with Bob being credited with the invention of the bazooka, a musical instrument bearing some resemblance to a trombone. It is a two-story wood frame late Victorian house, built in 1885 by a local merchant. The Bob Burns House is a historic house at 821 Jefferson Street in Van Buren, Arkansas. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.