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- Mount Vernon, city, Westchester county, New York, U.S., situated on the Bronx and Hutchinson rivers, just north of the Bronx, New York City. It was settled in 1664 near the site where religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson (banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony) was killed in 1643 by Indians.
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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, and his wife, Martha.
Mount Vernon, home and burial place of George Washington, in Fairfax county, Virginia, overlooking the Potomac River, south of Washington, D.C. The home, gardens, family cemetery, and outbuildings constitute what is considered America’s first historical tourist attraction.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 25, 2018 · Mount Vernon is the former plantation estate and burial location of George Washington, the American Revolutionary War general and the first President of the United States, his wife Martha and...
- The property was granted to George Washington's great-grandfather, John Washington, by King Charles II of England. Coronation portrait by John Michael Wright, c. 1661 (Wikimedia)
- The estate was named after British Admiral Edward Vernon. George Washington's half-brother Lawrence inherited the Little Hunting Creek Plantation from his father in 1743.
- The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association bought the estate from George Washington's great-grand nephew in 1858. John Augustine Washington III (MVLA) John Augustine Washington III formally took ownership of Mount Vernon in 1850, but he had been running operations at the estate for nearly a decade prior.
- Thomas Edison installed electricity at Mount Vernon in 1916. One of the most perplexing issues regarding historic preservation is whether or not to install modern utility systems.
Sep 12, 2024 · Mount Vernon, city, Westchester county, New York, U.S., situated on the Bronx and Hutchinson rivers, just north of the Bronx, New York City. It was settled in 1664 near the site where religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson (banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony) was killed in 1643 by Indians.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
But the history of Mount Vernon spans five centuries, from the seventeenth century to the modern-day. In 1674, George Washington’s great-grandfather, John Washington, secured a land grant along the Potomac River The land was passed down the Washington line until it came into the possession of Augustine Washington, George Washington’s father.
Mount Vernon, Home and burial place of George Washington. It is located in northern Virginia, U.S., on the Potomac River near Washington, D.C. The estate was inherited by Washington in 1752.
