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The 1903 neoclassical home of Burke & Herbert Bank Burke & Herbert Bank founded 1852 Alexandria-based bank founded in 1852 by John Burke and Arthur Herbert as a stock-and-real-estate commission firm. The oldest continuously operating bank in Virginia and one of the … at the corner of King and South Fairfax streets, the bank’s sixth and final headquarters after a half-century of moves around Old Town.
- 1903
- Neoclassical
- Extant
- Old and Historic Alexandria District
Place narrative
Burke & Herbert Bank Burke & Herbert Bank founded 1852 Alexandria-based bank founded in 1852 by John Burke and Arthur Herbert as a stock-and-real-estate commission firm. The oldest continuously operating bank in Virginia and one of the … occupied a series of Old Town offices after its 1852 founding at the corner of Prince and Lee streets, moving as the business outgrew successive rented quarters [1] The Zebra, 'Brief Glimpse: Burke & Herbert Bank,' 2015 Website . In 1903 the partnership commissioned the present neoclassical building at the corner of King and South Fairfax — a four-story limestone-faced structure with a temple-fronted entrance, deep banking hall, and second-floor partners’ offices that Arthur Herbert Arthur Herbert b. 1829 · d. 1919 Co-founder of Burke & Herbert Bank (1852), Confederate officer in the 17th Virginia Infantry, and longtime master of "Muckross" on Seminary Hill. Born at Carlyle House; died on the … occupied during his last years.
The building is still the bank’s headquarters in 2026, an unusual continuity even by Old Town standards: more than 120 uninterrupted years of banking on the same King Street corner under the same family-controlled brand. The interior banking hall and the original safe and teller cages are preserved [2] LOC, Carol Highsmith, Burke & Herbert Bank Building, 2020 Photograph .
Timeline
3 chronological entries across 1 era.
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Arthur Herbert at his King Street partners' office [1] Source DAC, 'Arthur Herbert — Muckross,' 2020
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Bank's permanent headquarters since 1903 [2] Source The Zebra, 'Brief Glimpse: Burke & Herbert Bank,' 2015 [3] Source LOC, Carol Highsmith, Burke & Herbert Bank Building, 2020
Neoclassical headquarters completed [2] Source The Zebra, 'Brief Glimpse: Burke & Herbert Bank,' 2015
The building
- Neoclassical
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Burke & Herbert Bank
founded 1852
Alexandria-based bank founded in 1852 by John Burke and Arthur Herbert as a stock-and-real-estate commission firm. The oldest continuously operating bank in Virginia and one of the …
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Arthur Herbert
b. 1829 · d. 1919
Co-founder of Burke & Herbert Bank (1852), Confederate officer in the 17th Virginia Infantry, and longtime master of "Muckross" on Seminary Hill. Born at Carlyle House; died on the …
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Interpretive signs nearby
The City of Alexandria has installed 9 historical interpretive signs within walking distance of this place. Each link below opens the sign's page on this site, with the full image and trail context.
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
218 King St
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121 N. Fairfax Street
326 King St
Market Square
411 King St
Sources
- 1.
The Zebra (Alexandria), "A Brief Glimpse of Alexandria History: Burke & Herbert Bank," November 15, 2015.
Website https://thezebra.org/2015/11/15/a-brief-glimpse-of-alexandria-history-burke-herbert-bank/ →
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Carol M. Highsmith, "The Burke & Herbert Bank building in Alexandria, Virginia," Library of Congress, Carol M. Highsmith Archive, 2020.
Photograph https://www.loc.gov/item/2020724810/ →
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