An Illustrated Handbook of Mount Vernon, the Home of Washington

by Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union

Mount Vernon, the Home of George Washington
Purchased (in 1858), restored and maintained by the
Mt. Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union

Houdon’s Bust of Washington
Made at Mount Vernon, 1785

Copyright, 1928, by the
Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

Portrait of George Washington
By Chas. Wilson Peale
Bequeathed to the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association by the late Miss Jane Boudinot, in whose family’s possession the portrait has been since 1788, when it was painted (from life) for Elias Boudinot

An Illustrated Handbook of Mount Vernon

Contents

[The Home of Washington] 3 [Entrance Gateway] 6 [West Front] 7 [North Lodge Gate] 8 [West Lodge Gate] 9 [Mount Vernon Mansion] 10 [Portico] 11 [Mansion Interior, Central Hall] 12 [West Parlor] 13 [Miss Custis’s Music Room] 14 [Family Dining Room] 15 [Banquet Hall] 16 [Kitchen] 17 [Mrs. Washington’s Sitting Room] 18 [Library] 19 [Washington’s Room] 20 [Mrs. Washington’s Room] 21 [Second Floor] 22 [Third Floor] 23 [Flower Garden] 24 [Servants’ Quarters] 24 [Kitchen Garden] 25 [The Carpenter Shop] 26 [The Spinning House] 26 [The Barn] 27 [Summer House] 28 [Mount Vernon Wharf] 29 [Old Tomb] 30 [New Tomb] 31 [The Regents and Vice-Regents of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union] 32 [Pohick Church] 34