E of Fredericksburg at 712 Kings Hwy., Fredericksburg, Virginia. County/parish: Stafford.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 05, 1972. NRIS 72001417.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.Also known as:
Ferry Farm, also known as the George Washington Boyhood Home Site or the Ferry Farm Site, is the farm and home where George Washington spent much of his childhood. The site is located in Stafford County, Virginia, along the northern bank of the Rappahannock River, across from the city of Fredericksburg. In July 2008, archaeologists announced that they had found remains of the boyhood home, which had suffered a fire during 1740, including artifacts such as pieces of a cream-colored tea set probably belonging to George's mother, Mary Ball Washington. In 2015, the George Washington Foundation began constructing a replica of Washington's boyhood home on the site of the original building. The replica house was completed in 2018 and is open to the public.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683767