Gunston
Hall
Mason Neck, Fairfax County, Virginia
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Gunston
Hall is a plantation home built in 1755 by George Mason, the author
of the 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights and a framer of the
U.S. Constitution. The house, restored to its original appearance,
sits on 550 acres of formal boxwood gardens, pastures, and woodland
reaching to the Potomac River. A fine example of Virginia plantation
architecture, the house is appropriately decorated with 18th-century
furnishings. Gunston Hall is famous for the splendid woodcarving
designed by william Buckland.
George
Mason's many visitors included his neighbor, George Washington,
and Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and Patrick
Henry.
The
last private owner donated Gunston Hall Plantation to the Commonwealth
of Virginia to be maintained as a memorial to George Mason and
his great contribution to the founding of our government. The
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America provides the
members of Gunston Hall's governing Board of Regents.
Text
© 1994 Dianne Harrah, Drawing © 1994 Bill Harrah