Open 365 days a year, Mount Vernon is located just 15 miles south of Washington DC.
From the mansion to lush gardens and grounds, intriguing museum galleries, immersive programs, and the distillery and gristmill. Spend the day with us!
Discover what made Washington "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen".
The Mount Vernon Ladies Association has been maintaining the Mount Vernon Estate since they acquired it from the Washington family in 1858.
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The Washington Library is open to all researchers and scholars, by appointment only.
Cephas G. Childs and Henry Inman formed their partnership in Philadelphia in 1831. Previously, Childs had partnered with John Pendleton and Francis Kearny in heading Pendleton, Kearny & Childs. (Peters, Harry T., America on Stone, New York: Arno Press, 1976, 137).
