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Mount Vernon Mansion replicas

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.

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Exposition buildings

Full-sized replicas of the Mount Vernon mansion were built for six international expositions:

  • 1893 - Virginia State Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois. Demolished.
  • 1915 - Virginia State Building, Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, California. Demolished.
  • 1926 - Young Women's Christian Association Building, Sesquicentennial Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris, architects. Demolished.
  • 1931 - United States Building, Exposition Coloniale, Paris, Charles K. Bryant, architect. Relocated to Vaucresson, France.
  • 1932 - New York George Washington Bicentennial Commission Building, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, Charles K. Bryant, architect. Demolished.
  • 1933 - Colonial Village, Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, Charles K. Bryant, architect. 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.
  • "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.
  • 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.
  • George Washington Inn (2008), 939 Finn Hall Road, Port Angeles, Washington.

    • References

    Mount Vernon Mansion replicas Wikipedia
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