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The first and second floors of the building at 9 Brimmer St. have been placed on the market for $2.295 million.
The townhouse looks much the same today as when the Arctic explorer was photographed there in 1927 with his dog, Igloo.
Most important was his dog, Igloo, a wire fox terrier who accompanied Byrd on his first explorations and was always at his side. Byrd was so devoted to him that Igloo's burial in 1931, at an animal cemetery in Dedham, was delayed for nearly two months until the admiral could return from a lecture tour.
The funeral was widely covered in news accounts at the time, and in one Byrd describes Igloo as "fearless," who "got the idea he could lick" any dog in the polar mush team. However, Igloo "didn't care" for whales when they "poked their heads above the ice." The dog, he said, "stayed back a little way barking."
Local legend has it that he also kept a penguin, a souvenir from one of his adventures, in the upstairs bathtub. #
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