Photo
Street View
Address
111 South George Mason Drive, Arlington, VA 22204
Date constructed
1920s
Function
Elements
Sources
http://alcovaheights.com/about-alcova-heights/history/
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress
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Published by the University of Virginia Press in 2016, First in the Homes of His Countrymen chronicles Mount Vernon’s role in historic preservation and popular American culture since George Washington’s death in 1799. Diving deep into America’s obsession with the building, Lydia Mattice Brandt explains how and why people copy Washington’s home more often than any other historic place in the United States and reveals the astonishingly wide range of interpretations of this singular mansion.
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