Virginia GEORGE WASHINGTON Birth House National Monument ~ 1854 Print Engraving

Description: BIRTH PLACE OF WASHINGTON Artist: J. G. Chapman ____________ Engraver: unknown CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE 19th CENTURY AMERICANA VIEWS LIKE THIS ONE!! PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1838; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. / PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 5 1/2 x 7 1/2inches, image size is 4 1/4 by 6 5/8 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Paper is quality woven rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION : The George Washington Birthplace National Monument is in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States. Originally settled by John Washington, George Washington's great-grandfather, George Washington was born here on February 22, 1732. He lived here until age three, returning later as a teenager. The George Washington Birthplace National Monument, where Pope's Creek joins the Potomac River, is representative of 18th-century Virginia tobacco farms. A Memorial House with 18th century furnishings is open to visitors. The park's farm buildings, groves of trees, livestock, gardens, and crops of tobacco and wheat, represent the boyhood environment Washington knew. George Washington's great-grandfather settled this plantation in 1657 at the original site on Bridges Creek. The family acquired additional land located on nearby Pope's Creek where the first section of the house in which George Washington was born was built before 1718 and enlarged by his father between 1722–1726. It was further enlarged by the mid-1770s to a ten-room house, known as "Wakefield". This house which George Washington in 1792 would describe as "the ancient mansion seat" was destroyed by fire on Christmas Day, 1779, and never rebuilt. Thirty-two graves of Washington family members have been found at the Bridges Creek cemetery plot, including George's half-brother, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. ln 1858, the Commonwealth of Virginia acquired the property to preserve the homesite and cemetery, but the Civil War intervened. Virginia donated the land to the Federal Government in 1882. The Wakefield National Memorial Association was formed in 1923 to restore the property. In 1930, the grounds were authorized as a U.S. National Monument and, in 1931, the Wakefield Association received a grant from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to acquire and transfer a total of 394 acres (1.59 km2) of land to the Federal government. Since the exact appearance of the original Washington family home is not known, a Memorial House was designed by Edward Donn, Jr., representing similar buildings of the era and constructed on the approximate site in 1931. The actual location of Washington's boyhood home is adjacent to the memorial house and its foundation is outlined in the ground by crushed oyster shells. Constructed as a memorial to George Washington in 1930–1931, the Memorial House is not an exact replica of his birthplace. Rather, it represents a typical upper class house of the period. The Memorial House is constructed of bricks hand-made from local clay. It has a central hallway and four rooms on each floor, furnished in the 1730–1750 period style by the Wakefield National Memorial Association. A tea table is believed to have been in the original house. Most of the other furnishings are more than 200 years old. The park and Memorial House were opened by the National Park Service in 1932, on the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. A NINETEENTH CENTURY VIEW OF AMERICA ! VERY HARD TO FIND!

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Location: New Providence, New Jersey

End Time: 2024-12-16T23:00:26.000Z

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