Ferry Farm
VA - Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
268 Kings Highway, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
MUSEUM
VISITOR INFORMATION
TICKET REQUIRED
Guided house tours are $13 for adults; grounds-only admission is $9.
FREE PUBLIC PARKING
There is free on-site parking. Grounds-only visits are available at a lower price than the guided house tour.
PUBLIC RESTROOMS
SITE FEATURES
Reconstructed Structures
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.
April-May or October for a booked Washington-house interpretation visit and grounds beyond summer heat. Confirm the tour slot, holiday exclusions and current business hours.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
miles
Landmark
WHO WAS HERE
8
George Washington
Martha Washington
Lawrence Washington
Mary Ball Washington
Augustine Washington Sr.
Charles Washington
Betty Washington Lewis
Samuel Washington
About Ferry Farm
In 1738, George Washington's father, Augustine, acquired the plantation from the Strother estate. Augustine Washington held political office, owned several thriving plantations, and was a managing partner of Accokeek Iron Furnace located six miles north of Ferry Farm on a tributary of the Potomac River. He moved to Ferry Farm in the fall of 1738 with his second wife, Mary Ball Washington, and their five young children.
Archaeological foundations and the riverside landscape survive, but Washington's boyhood house is lost. The George Washington Foundation interprets the property through a period reconstruction, exhibits, and archaeological areas addressing the household and enslaved community.
History happened here at Ferry Farm
It was the second of five houses at the site. George was six when the family moved to the farm in 1738. He inherited the farm and lived in the house until his early 20s. However, George Washington was not sentimental about the land. Washington saw the land as a "crowded, busy, trouble-filled place of limited options."
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
Mary Ball Washington
George Washington
Augustine Washington Sr.
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
EXTERNAL LINKS
Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Ferry Farm: https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/089-0016/
George Washington Foundation, Ferry Farm: https://kenmore.org/
George Washington Foundation, archaeology at Ferry Farm: https://kenmore.org/archaeology/
Mount Vernon, Ferry Farm history: https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/ferry-farm
National Park Service, Ferry Farm National Historic Landmark nomination: https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/089-0016_Ferry_Farm_2000_Final_Nomination_NHL.pdf