Burger Home

Historical marker location:

703 Farm St., Bastrop, Texas

( 703 Farm St., Bastrop)

Marker installed: 1979

Richard Burger imigrated from Germany about 1859 and served during the Civil War in Terry's Texas Rangers. He returned to Bastrop and bought this newly built (1868-69) Greek Revival home from Sallie and W. C. Powell. Burger married Clara Linke and had two children, Mina and August. Clara was skilled in German "hair art." Burger was a tailor and later a clerk at P. O. Elzner's store. He was an original stockholder in "The Casino," a local cultural center.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1979.

Greek Revival (architectural style) houses residential buildings German immigrants immigration