Oxon Hill Manor
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Oxon Hill Manor is a neo-Georgian house of 49 rooms, located at Forest Heights, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was designed in 1928 for Sumner Welles by the Washington architect, Jules Henri de
Oxon Hill Manor, December 2010
Front Facade, December 2010
Front Entry Detail, December 2010
John Hanson Obelisk, December 2010
John Hanson
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John Hanson was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in
Oxon Hill Manor
…George's County and in the colonial government, built a Georgian-style manor house on the property in 1711. In 1778, Thomas Hawkins Hanson, nephew of John Hanson, acquired the property. John Hanson, a president of the Continental Congress and Founding Father, died at Oxon Hill Manor on November 22, 1783, and was…
Portrait attributed to John Hesselius, c. 1765–1770
Etching of Hanson based on a portrait by Charles Willson Peale that was painted from life in 1781–1782
John Hanson, portrait from life painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1781–1782
The bronze statue of Hanson in the National Statuary Hall Collection