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Today, Mount Vernon is operated as a historic site by the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.įig.

The estate was especially well known for its greenhouse, gardens, and unusual two-story portico overlooking the Potomac River. Mount Vernon, located in Fairfax County, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first president of the United States, George Washington (1732–1799), who made significant alterations to the mansion house and grounds throughout the late 18th century.

Keywords: Alley Arcade Avenue Border Botanic garden Bowling green Clump Copse Deer park Eminence Fence Flower garden Gate/Gateway Greenhouse Grove Ha-Ha/Sunk fence Hothouse Kitchen garden Lawn Meadow Mound Mount Nursery Orchard Park Piazza Picturesque Plantation Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden Plot/Plat Portico Prospect Seat Shrubbery Square Summerhouse Terrace/Slope Thicket View/Vista Walk Wilderness Wood/Woods Yard Site Owner(s): John Washington c. 1631–1677 Lawrence Washington 1659–1698 Mildred Washington c. 1697–1747 Augustine Washington 1694–1743 Lawrence Washington 1718–1752 Ann Fairfax Washington Lee 1728–1761 George Washington 1732–1799 Bushrod Washington 1762–1829 John Augustine Washington II 1789–1832 Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington 1786–1855 John Augustine Washington III 1821–1861 Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association 1858 Īssociated People: Philip Bateman 1773–1789, gardener David Cowan 1773–1774, gardener Lund Washington, manager George Augustine Washington, manager Johann Christian Ehlers 1789–1797, gardener Anthony Whiting 1790–1793, manager John Gottleib Richter 1793–1796, gardener William Spence 1797–c. 1800, gardener Alternate Names: Little Hunting Creek Plantation (before 1743)