1. Granite shaft.
This shaft, of Vermont granite, weighs about 50 tons. It is nearly one-tenth the size of the Washington Monument in the Nation’s capital, and of the same relative proportions. First erected in 1896 by the War Department (at or near the foundations of the home in which George Washington was born), it was moved to its present location near the entrance to the national monument in 1930.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL MONUMENT—Westmoreland County, Va.
Points of interest within the National Monument area: 1 GRANITE MONUMENT 2 SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE 3 MAIN PARKING AREA 4 POST OFFICE 5 SITE OF BUILDING “X“ 6 MEMORIAL HOUSE 7 COLONIAL STYLE GARDEN 8 GROVE OF NATIVE “CEDARS” 9 KITCHEN & HISTORICAL MUSEUM 10 SITE OF SMOKE HOUSE 11 DUCK HALL PICNIC AREA. (Parking) 12 SITE OF ANCIENT BUILDING FOUNDATION 13 WASHINGTON FAMILY BURIAL GROUND 14 POTOMAC RIVER VIEW
Tilt-top table in the dining room. The only piece of furniture in the memorial house believed to be from the home in which Washington was born.
Dining room. Many of the items of tableware shown are similar to types unearthed at Washington’s birthplace.
Brick foundations of a part of Building “X”, an early building unearthed at Washington’s birthplace.