Burke's Tavern Explained

Burke's Tavern
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 17, 1975[1]
Designated Other1 Number:067-0047
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:1.5 mi. W of Burkeville at jct. of VA 621 and VA 607, near Burkeville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.1953°N -78.2381°W
Added:July 17, 1975
Refnum:75002027

Burke's Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located near Burkeville, Nottoway County, Virginia. It was built in 1731, and is a one-storyframe building set upon a ground-level brick basement. The building has a central hall, single pile plan. It features brick exterior end chimneys. Near the end of the American Civil War in 1865, the Union Brigadier General Thomas Alfred Smyth of Delaware, wounded at the Battle of High Bridge was brought to the house, where he died on April 9. Smythe was the last Union general to be killed in the war.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Burke's Tavern. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff. June 1975. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo