Woodlawn Plantation

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Woodlawn Plantation

between 1950 and 1986

https://cca.on.worldcat.org/oclc/436055829

Souvenir model of the Woodlawn Plantation House, Mount Vernon, Va., in the form of a box; after the original by architect William Thornton. "Guarding America's Heritage. The National Trust for Historic Preservation."--Underside

1 model : metal ; 11 x 13 x 8 cm.

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Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA

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SNAC Resource ID: 7529841

Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA

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Woodlawn Mansion (Fairfax Va.)

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Woodlawn was part of George Washington’s Mount Vernon. In 1799, he gave the site to his nephew, Lawrence Lewis, and Lewis’ new bride, Eleanor “Nelly” Parke Custis, Martha’s granddaughter, in hopes of keeping Nelly close to Mount Vernon. The newly-married couple built the Georgian/Federal house designed by William Thornton, architect of the U.S. Capitol. In 1846, the entire plantation was sold to Quaker timber merchants, who purposefully operated the farm plantation with free labor, making a s...

Thornton, William, 1759-1828

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William Thornton, architect, inventor, and public official, was born in the Virgin Islands on May 20, 1759, of English parents. He came to the United States in 1787 and became a citizen in 1788. On September 12, 1794 Thornton was appointed one of the commissioners of the new federal city of Washington. He championed his own design for the Capitol and the north wing had been constructed in accordance with his ideas by the time Congress removed to Washington in 1800. In 1802 Congress abolished the...

Avon Tin

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National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States

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