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Gunston Hall

  • Also Known As: Gunston Hall Manor
  • Address: 10709 Gunston Rd
  • Hours: Open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Guided tours offered daily every half-hour between 9:30 am and 4:30 pm, Grounds close at 6:00 pm, Plan on spending at least an hour at Gunston Hall
  • Phone: 703-550-9220
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Available for private functions


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1754/04/00 Thomson Mason Life In Spring 1754, Thomson receives a letter from his brother George asking for a joiner or architect to assist in completing a house under construction. Thomson will recommend William Buckland of Oxford.
1755/00/00 George Mason Architect Construction begins on Gunston Hall for Ann and George Mason.
1755/08/04 William Buckland Carpenter In London, England, George Mason indentures William Buckland for 4 years as a carpenter and joiner to design the interiors of Gunston Hall and brings him to Virginia. Buckland will receive free passage, food, lodging and an annual salary of 20 pounds.
1759/00/00 Ann Eilbeck Mason Home Ann and George Mason make a home at the completed Gunston Hall.
1759/03/04 Gen Thomson Mason Born Thomson Mason is born at Gunston Hall
1766/06/06 George Mason Author To London Merchants - We do not deny the supreme Authority of Great Britain over her Colonys, but it is a Power which a wise Legislature will exercise with extreme Tenderness and Caution. - Mason
1773/03/09 Ann Eilbeck Mason Died Ann Eilbeck Mason, wife of Col George Mason of Gunston Hall, dies following a long illness.
1785/00/00 Thomson Francis Mason Born Thomson F Mason is born at George Mason's Gunston Hall plantation, Virginia
1792/10/01 Thomas Jefferson Visitor Thomas Jefferson, traveling north, stops to visit with George Mason at Gunston Hall.
1792/10/07 George Mason Died George Mason dies at home

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Particulars for Gunston Hall:
Architectural Style American Colonial
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Funerary Cemetery
Furniture Style Chinese Chippendale
Criteria Exemplar
Landscape Architecture Garden
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Level of Significance National
Architectural Style Palladian Style
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 1966

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Gunston Hall
Registry Address: 10709 Gunston Rd.
Registry Number: 66000832
Resource Type: Building
Owner: State
Architect: Mason,George; Buckland,William
Architectural Style: Colonial, Other
Attribute: Colonial Gothic
Area in Acres: 555
Contributing Buildings: 1
Non-Contributing Buildings: 10
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved, Additional documentation
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; State
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture, Landscape architecture, Historic and non-aboriginal
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Historic Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: 1755, 1758, 1792
Associated People: Mason,George
Historic Function: Domestic, Landscape, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Cemetery, Garden
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape, Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Museum Garden Cemetery

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