Mount Vernon, Arlington and Woodlawn

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Mount Vernon
Arlington and Woodlawn
History of these national
Shrines from the earliest
Titles of ownership to the present,
With biographical sketches, portraits,
And interesting reminiscences of
The families, who founded them.
By Minnie Kendall-Lowther, 1922
83 pages, Profusely Illustrated, Searchable
- Bonus -
Mount Vernon Papers
By Edwin Everett, 1860
490 pages, searchable
- Bonus -
The Tomb of Washington
At Mount Vernon
Published 1868 By J.A. Wineberger
260 pages, Illustrated, Searchable
Bonus Honor Roll List of Andersonville Dead
- Bonus -
Historic Arlington
By K. Decker, 1992
104 pages, Searchable
- Bonus -
George Mason of VA, Gunston Hall
By Robert Mason, 1919
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Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George
Washington. The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and the estate is located on the banks
of the Potomac River.
Mount Vernon was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It
is owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and is open every day of the year.
When Augustine Washington owned the estate, it was known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation after the nearby Little Hunting
Creek. Lawrence Washington, George's older half-brother, inherited the estate and changed its name to Mount Vernon.
Woodlawn Plantation is a historic home located in Fairfax County, Virginia, and was originally a part of Mount Vernon, George
Washington's historic plantation estate.
Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis was Martha Washington's granddaughter and had been raised on the Mount Vernon estate as a part
of the First Family. In 1799, George Washington gave his step-granddaughter, Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis, and his nephew Major
Lawrence Lewis 2,000 acres of land as a wedding present. The President asked the distinguished architect Dr. William
Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol, to design a home for the young newlywed couple.
Construction of the Woodlawn house began in 1800 and was finished in 1805. The main Woodlawn house is located on a hill,
overlooking Mount Vernon, and the Mount Vernon home is visible from the Woodlawn house. Today, 126 acres containing the
original house and surrounding gardens are all that remain of the original plantation.
Nearby Arlington was the home of the Custis family, and was inherited by their daughter who married Robert E. Lee.
Because the estate overlooked Washington, DC it was a risk and was captured by the Union army at the beginning of the Civil War.
It was used and abused for the duration of the war, and turned into a cemetery so it would never be lived in again.
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