Mount Vernon Mansion replicas
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Mount Vernon Mansion replicas are replica buildings or buildings inspired by Mount Vernon, the mansion of U.S. President George Washington in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
Exposition buildings
Full-sized replicas of the Mount Vernon mansion were built for six international expositions:[1]
- 1893 - Virginia State Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. Demolished.
- 1915 - Virginia State Building, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California.[2] Demolished.
- 1926 - Young Women's Christian Association Building, Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris, architects.[3] Demolished.
- 1931 - United States Building, Exposition Coloniale, Paris, Charles K. Bryant, architect. Relocated to Vaucresson, France.[4]
- 1932 - New York George Washington Bicentennial Commission Building, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, Charles K. Bryant, architect.[5] Demolished.
- 1933 - Colonial Village, Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, Charles K. Bryant, architect.[6] Relocated to Beverly Shores, Indiana.[1]
Residences
- "Hill-Stead" (1901), Alfred Atmore Pope residence, Farmington, Connecticut, Theodate Pope Riddle, architect. Now Hill-Stead Museum.
- "Bushfield" (c.1760), Westmoreland County, Virginia. The Mount Vernon-inspired cupola and 2-story portico were added c.1910. Architect Waddy Butler Wood restored the house in 1916.
- "Mount Vernon" (1930), H. L. Hunt residence, 4009 West Lawther Drive, Dallas, Texas.[7]
- "Oak Hill" (1790), Annandale, Virginia. The Mount Vernon-inspired 2-story portico was added c.1940.
Other buildings
- Rainier Chapter House (1920–25), Daughters of the American Revolution, 800 East Roy Street, Seattle, Washington, Daniel Riggs Huntington, architect.[8]
- Washington's Birthday Celebration Association Building, 1819 East Hillside Road, Laredo, Texas.
- Mount Vernon Office (1987), Arlington Cemetery, 2900 State Road, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
- Washington Hall (1999), American Village, 3727 AL-119, Montevallo, Alabama.[9]
- George Washington Inn (2008), 939 Finn Hall Road, Port Angeles, Washington.
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Rainier Chapter House (1920–25), DAR, Seattle, Washington. -
United States Building (1931), Exposition Coloniale, Paris, France. -
Mount Vernon Office (1987), Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. -
Washington Hall (1999), American Village, Montevallo, Alabama. -
George Washington Inn (2008), Port Angeles, Washington.
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References
- ^ Lydia Mattice Brandt, Re-living Mount Vernon: Replicas and Memories of America's Most Famous House (Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, 2011).
- ^ Virginia State Building (1915), from San Francisco Public Library.
- ^ Sesquicentennial Reproduction of Mount Vernon (1926), from Philadelphia Architects and Buildings.
- ^ Vaucresson House, Ile-de-France, from Christie's International Real Estate.
- ^ Official handbook of the replica of Mount Vernon, erected in Prospect Park, Brooklyn by the City of New York Commission for the George Washington Bicentennial, 1732-1932. from WorldCat.
- ^ Colonial Village, Century of Progress, from Postcardy.
- ^ Mount Vernon, from Allie Beth Allman & Associates.
- ^ Rainier Chapter House, from Daughters of the American Revolution.
- ^ Washington Hall, from American Village.
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