The Silas Burke House

The historic home at 9617 Burke Lake Road was the residence of Lieutenant Colonel Silas Burke, his wife, Hanna Coffer Burke, and their two children. Silas Burke had the house built close to the time of his marriage in 1824. He was a successful entrepreneur who operated a store, mill, and blacksmith shop, served as a director for the Fairfax Turnpike Company and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, and was Chief Justice of the Fairfax County Court. His efforts brought the railroad through his property and his neighbors' land. He also served as a county sheriff, a lieutenant colonel in the county militia, school commissioner, and president of the Fairfax Agricultural Society. In 1891, John Marshall, owner of Burke's general store, purchased the home. In the early 1900s, Henry Copperthite, owner of the local race track, purchased the property. In 1925, William and Nellie Simpson purchased the house, and in 2016 the Simpson-Fowler family entrusted it to Sunrise Senior Living.

Burke, Virginia · United States