Kenmore
1201 Washington Ave, Fredericksburg, VA, USA
Virginia, USA
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EST. 1776
EST. 1776
1776
Lewis, Bett Washington
Washington, Martha Dandridge
Lewis, Fielding
Washington, Mary Ball
Washington, Charles
Washington, Samuel
Washington, George
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Kenmore.
The original Georgian mansion survives as a restored historic house museum and the principal remaining structure of the former Kenmore plantation. The George Washington Foundation preserves its elaborate plasterwork, furnished rooms, gardens, archaeological resources, reconstructed dependencies, and visitor facilities within the surrounding Fredericksburg property.
About Kenmore
The house was completed in 1776 for Fielding and Betty Washington Lewis, the sister of George Washington. He was a planter and successful merchant in town. Their plantation grew tobacco, wheat, and corn by the labor of slaves.[5] The Lewises enslaved more than 80 people on the 1300-acre plantation, including a number of domestic slaves. The mansion's rear frontage was oriented to the Rapahannock River for easy transportation access.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Kenmore
Betty's mother Mary Ball Washington was buried on the grounds, which she had liked to visit. Lewis descendants sold the house and property in 1797 after Betty Washington Lewis' death. A memorial was erected in 1894 at the Mary Ball Washington gravesite.
The Samuel Gordon family purchased the property in 1819. They named it Kenmore for the home of their ancestors in Scotland. Other nineteenth century owners restored the plaster ceilings.
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