Silas Burke House (Historical Marker)
GPS Coordinates: 38.7867168, -77.2773012
Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:
Silas Burke House
Here lived Lt. Col. Silas Burke (b.1796–d.1854) and his wife, Hannah Coffer. Burke, for whom Burke's Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad was named, served as a director of the railroad and the Fairfax Turnpike Company. An innkeeper and farmer, Burke was elected president of the Fairfax Agricultural Society in 1850. He held many county offices with distinction, including road surveyor, commissioner of public buildings and schools, county court justice, presiding justice, and sheriff.
Erected 1991 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number E-95.)
The house has been integrated into the campus of a senior living facility.