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Mount Vernon | |
 The Mount Vernon mansion in April 2020 | |
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| Location | Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Nearest city | Alexandria, Virginia. U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°42′29″N 77°05′10″W / 38.7080°N 77.0861°W |
| Area | 500 acres (200 ha) |
| Built | 1758 |
| Architectural style | Palladian |
| Restored by | Mount Vernon Ladies' Association |
| Website | mountvernon.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000833[1] |
| VLR No. | 029-0054[3] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[1] |
| Designated NHL | December 19, 1960[2] |
| Designated VLR | September 9, 1969[3] |
Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. An American landmark, the estate lies on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, approximately 15 miles south of Washington, D.C..
The Washington family acquired land in the area in 1674. Around 1734, the family embarked on an expansion of its estate that continued under George Washington, who began leasing the estate in 1754 before becoming its sole owner in 1761.[4]
The mansion was built of wood in a loose Palladian style; the original house was built in about 1734 by George Washington's father Augustine Washington.[4] George Washington expanded the house twice, once in the late 1750s and again in the 1770s.[4] It remained Washington's home for the rest of his life. Following his death in 1799, the estate progressively declined under the ownership of several successive generations of the family as revenues were insufficient to maintain it adequately.
In 1858, the house's historical importance was recognized and was taken over by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, along with part of the Washington property estate. The mansion and its surrounding buildings escaped damage from the American Civil War, which damaged many properties in the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Mount Vernon was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is still owned and maintained in trust by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, being open to the public daily[5] in recognition of George Washington's 1794 acknowledgement of public interest in his estate: "I have no objection to any sober or orderly person's gratifying their curiosity in viewing the buildings, Gardens, &ca. about Mount Vernon."[6]
- ^ a b Multiple sources:
- "Mount Vernon". NPGallery Digital Asset Management System: National Register Digital Assets. United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- "Department of the Interior: Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service: National Register of Historic Places: Annual Listing of Historic Properties: Virginia: Fairfax County" (PDF). Federal Register. 24 (26: Book 2). National Archives: 7614. February 6, 1979. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020 – via Library of Congress.
Alexandria vicinity. MOUNT VERNON, 7 mi. S of Alexandria on George Washington Memorial Pkwy., (10-15-66) PH0036030 NHL; HABS.
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- ^ "List of NHLs by State". National Historic Landmarks. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service. December 2016. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ a b "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Expansion of Mount Vernon's Mansion". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ "Hours & Directions". George Washington's Mount Vernon. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ George Washington, letter to William Pearce (23 November 1794)