Mount Vernon, Virginia
Tom R. Chambers documented Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington when he traveled to the New England area to focus on projects re: Early American History.
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Mount Vernon was the plantation of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha Dandridge Custis Was Ghington. The estate is situated on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria, across from Prince George's County, Maryland. The Washington family had owned land in the area since the time of Washington's great-grandfather in 1674. Around 1734 they embarked on an expansion of the estate that continued under George Washington, who began leasing the estate in 1754, but did not become its sole owner until 1761.
The mansion was built of wood in a loose Palladian style; the original house was built by George Washington's father Augustine, around 1734. George Washington expanded the house twice, once in the late 1750s and again in the 1770s. It remained Washington's home for the rest of his life. (Wikipedia)
