Happy Retreat-Charles Washington House
600 Mordington Ave, Charles Town, WV 25414, USA
West Virginia, USA
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EST. 1780
EST. 1780
September 1799
Washington, Charles
Washington, George
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Happy Retreat-Charles Washington House.
Now called Mordington, home of Colonel Charles Washington, founder of Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia). His brother General George Washington often visited him here. Colonel Washington died in September 1799. He and his wife Mildred are buried on the estate.
About Happy Retreat-Charles Washington House
Happy Retreat was the home of Charles Washington, George Washington’s brother and founder of Charles Town. George visited the estate, but no specific wartime event is documented here. Its Revolutionary association rests on the Washington family and Charles’s place within the Virginia community that supported independence.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Happy Retreat-Charles Washington House
Happy Retreat was the home of Charles Washington, George Washington’s brother and founder of Charles Town. George visited the estate, but no specific wartime event is documented here.
Its Revolutionary association rests on the Washington family and Charles’s place within the Virginia community that supported independence.
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