5512 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy., Lorton, Virginia. County/parish: Fairfax.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 08, 2003. NRIS 03000739.
2 contributing buildings. 4 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
George Washington's Gristmill was part of the original Mount Vernon plantation, constructed during the lifetime of the United States' first president. The original structure was destroyed about 1850. The Commonwealth of Virginia and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association have reconstructed the gristmill and the adjacent distillery. The reconstructed buildings are located at their original site three miles (4.8 km) west of the Mount Vernon mansion near Woodlawn Plantation in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County. Because the reconstructed buildings embody the distinctive characteristics of late eighteenth century methods of production and are of importance to the history of Virginia, the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places despite the fact that the buildings are not original.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680545