ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1985
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Istorija umetnosti
Autor: Strani

Charles C. Wall - Mount Vernon, a Handbook
Mount Vernon Ladies` Association, 1985
129 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro

A Brief Washington-Mount Vernon Chronology; A Brief Historical Preface; The Mount Vernon Farms; The Gardens and Grounds; The Mansion; The Large Dining Room; The Passage; The Little Parlor; The West Parlor; The Small Dining Room; The Downstairs Bedroom; The Upper Chambers; General and Mrs. Washington`s Bedchamber; The Study; The Pantry; The Courtyard Dependencies; The Kitchen; The Museum; Plantation Life; The Stable; The Tomb; The Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union; A Brief Washington-Custis Genealogy; The Conjectural Evolution of the Mansion; Measured Drawings of the Mansion; A Perspective View of Mount Vernon.


Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria, was the plantation home of George Washington, first President of the United States. The estate is situated on the banks of the Potomac River 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, and in 1739 embarked on an expansion of the estate that continued under George Washington, who came into possession of the estate in 1754, but did not become its sole owner until 1761.

The mansion is built of wood in a loose Palladian style, and was constructed by George Washington in stages between 1758 and 1778; it occupies the site of an earlier, smaller house built by George Washington`s father Augustine, some time between 1726 and 1735. It remained Washington`s country home for the rest of his life. Following his death in 1799, under the ownership of several successive generations of the family, the estate progressively declined. In 1858, the house`s historical importance was recognized and it was saved from ruin by The Mount Vernon Ladies` Association; this philanthropic organization acquired it together with part of the Washington estate. Escaping the damage suffered by many plantation houses during the American Civil War, Mount Vernon was restored.

Mount Vernon was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is today listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is still owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies` Association, and is open every day of the year. However, admitting the public is not a new innovation, but maintenance of a tradition over 200 years old begun by George Washington himself; as early as 1796, he wrote: `I have no objection to any sober or orderly person`s gratifying their curiosity in viewing the buildings, Gardens, &ca. about Mount Vernon.`