mount vernon

     

After the U.S. government declined to buy this estate & tomb, a ladies association bought it for $200,000 in 1858

Trivia about mount vernon

  • George Washington's father called it The Little Hunting Creek Plantation
  • In 1761 George Washington inherited this home from the widow of his brother Lawrence
  • The location of Washington, D.C. was actually chosen by G.W., & it's a nice little commute from this estate of his
  • Martha Washington rests in a tomb just south of this house
  • Some of the trees still standing on this Virginia Estate were planted by George Washington himself
  • When he was home, George Washington slept here
  • Washington wrote, "No estate in united America is more pleasantly situated than this" home
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from an estate.) I'm at this Virginia residence that definitely is entitled to put up a "George Washington slept here" sign
  • George Washington had the pine siding painted to look like mahogany at this estate
  • Lawrence Washington named this mansion after an admiral he'd served under in the British navy
  • After the deaths of his Uncle George & Aunt Martha, Bushrod Washington moved into this home
  • 2-word name for George's family mansion; he's buried there too