Gunston Hall
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Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. Built between 1755 and 1759 by George Mason, a Founding Father, to be the main residence
View of Gunston Hall from the northwest
Gunston Hall schoolhouse 2015
Original Gunston Hall, South Staffordshire, England
Gunston Hall, February 2014, from the road
Mount Vernon
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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, a
Gunston Hall
…George Mason, a Founding Father, to be the main residence and headquarters of a 5,500-acre (22 km2) slave plantation. The home is located not far from George Washington's home. The interior of the house and its design was mostly the work of William Buckland, a carpenter/joiner and indentured servant from England. Buckland…
The Mount Vernon mansion in 2008
Built in classic Palladian style, the home's west side is flanked by advancing single-story secondary wings creating a cour d'honneur.
George Washington's study at Mount Vernon in July 2023
The same study during renovations in February 2025. The 18th century wooden structure of the mansion, with Roman numeral markings from the period, is exposed.