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October 18, 1983 [ 4 ] The George Washington Birthplace National Monument is a national monument in Westmoreland County, Virginia, at the confluence of Popes Creek and the Potomac River. It commemorates the birthplace location of George Washington, a Founding Father and the first President of the United States, who was born here on February 22 ...
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia 's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, [3][4] it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. The main house, called Belvoir Manor or Belvoir Mansion, burned in 1783 ...
Blakeley (1820) in Jefferson County was built by George Washington's great-nephew, John Augustine Washington II. Shepherd Hall (1798) in Ohio County is one of the earliest plantations established in the Ohio River valley. Willow Wall (1811–1812) in Hardy County was used as a hospital by McNeill's Rangers for wounded irregulars.
Maidstone-on-the-Potomac is a historic house and farm near Falling Waters, West Virginia. Located on the Potomac River immediately opposite Williamsport, Maryland , the property consists of a 218-acre (88 ha) tract with a main house dating from c. 1741.
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. An American landmark, the estate lies on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, approximately 15 miles ...
Potomac, Maryland. Potomac (listen ⓘ) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 47,018. [3] It is named after the nearby Potomac River. A part of the Washington metropolitan area, many Potomac residents work in nearby Washington, D.C ...
Glenstone is a private contemporary art museum in Potomac, Maryland, founded in 2006 by American billionaire Mitchell Rales and his wife, Emily Wei Rales. The museum's exhibitions are drawn from a collection of about 1,300 works from post-World War II artists around the world. It is the largest private contemporary art museum in the United ...
Merrywood. Merrywood is a historic home located in McLean, Virginia on the Palisades overlooking the Potomac River that has hosted several presidents and members of the British royal family. The Georgian Revival style brick dwelling was built in 1919 for Newbold Noyes.