Mount Vernon Mansion

This picture taken of George Washington estate located near Alexandria, Virginia. When John Washington died in 1677, his son Lawrence, George's grandfather, agreed to formally divide the estimated 5,000 acres estate with the heirs of Nicholas Spencer. It was at this time the property would be named Little Hunting Creek Plantation and would remain so until 1742 when the estate would be renamed Mount Vernon. In 1752 Lawrence, George's half brother, passed away leaving George as executor of the estate. George then leased Mount Vernon until 1757 until he purchased the remaining interest of the property from his sister-in-law. In 1858, the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, under the leadership of Ann Pamela Cunningham, acquired the mansion from George's great-grandnephew, John A. Washington, Jr.