Architecture
Mount Vernon as Architectural Inspiration
By the end of World War II, Colonial American architectural features decorated hotels, restaurants, gas stations, shopping centers and other new businesses that hosted travelers along the country’s expanding road system.1 The popularity of Colonial Williamsburg (opened in the 1930s) and the use of historic architectural settings at Disneyland (opened in 1955) encouraged the use of the nation’s historic architecture in commercial settings just as Americans took to the highways in record numbers.
Learn more- 16-Sided Barn
- African American Burial Ground
- Blacksmith Shop
- Cupola Tower
- Downstairs Bedroom
- Dung Repository
- Early History of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
- Early Refurnishing Efforts: Lafayette Room
- Early Refurnishing Efforts: Old Chamber
- Exterior Architectural Details
- Front Parlor
- Garret Bedchamber
- George Washington and Architecture
- George Washington and Religion
- George Washington's Gristmill
- George Washington's Study
- George Washington's Tomb
- Greenhouse Quarters for Enslaved People
- House for Enslaved Families
- Interior Architectural Details
- Kitchen
- MVLA Early Refurnishing Efforts: The Yellow Room
- Mansion
- Mount Vernon and American Domestic Architecture
- Mount Vernon as Architectural Inspiration
- New Room
- Quarters for Enslaved People
- Rustication
- Stable
- The Little Parlor
- The Vaughan Plan of Mount Vernon
- The Washingtons' Bedchamber
- Venetian Window
- Washington Monument
