The mansion
Red roof.
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The home of George Washington, first president of the United States and commander of its army in the Revolutionary War, and his wife Martha, on the banks of the Potomac River in Virginia, about 25 kilometres south of the capital. The Washington family held the land from 1674; his father Augustine built the first wooden house around 1734, and George Washington enlarged it twice, in the late 1750s and the 1770s, into a white mansion with a red roof and a long columned piazza facing the river. Visitors explore the mansion, gardens, farm and outbuildings, see the tomb of Washington and his family, and visit the museum and visitor centre telling his life story. From the mansion's piazza a broad view opens over the Potomac to the far bank. General admission is about $30 for adults, open daily from 9:00, per visitor guides. It is reached by car or by buses and seasonal river cruises from Washington; allow at least half a day.
Red roof.
Over the Potomac.
And farm.
Fairfax County, Virginia, about 25 km south of Washington
By car in about half an hour, or by buses and seasonal river cruises from Washington.