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LORTON, Virginia — The Palladian Room at Gunston Hall showcases the sophisticated classical design elements created by English architect William Buckland for George Mason's Georgian mansion between 1755-1759. The room features ornate carved shells, acanthus leaves, and floral motifs within a framework of classical architectural principles, including inset arched niches with fluted columns and broken pediments. Gunston Hall, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960, served as the intellectual birthplace of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights and rem-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The formal garden at George Mason's Gunston Hall showcases the 18th-century plantation owner's precise mathematical design with symmetrical pathways, boxwood borders, and carefully planned planting beds. The recently restored one-acre Riverside Garden features a 12-foot-wide central promenade that perfectly aligns with the mansion's central hallway, demonstrating Mason's meticulous attention to detail and preference for geometric order. Archaeological excavations revealed the original garden structure including gravel walkways, boxwood borders, and three gently sloping terra-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The 'Pursuing Liberty' exhibit at Gunston Hall's visitor center explores George Mason's pivotal role in drafting the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which significantly influenced Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence just weeks later. The display features a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence alongside interpretive text explaining Mason's contributions to American independence during the Revolutionary War. Mason supported the war effort by arranging army supplies, recruiting Virginia militia, and serving in Virginia's legislature during the seven-year c-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The main house at George Mason's Gunston Hall, viewed through rows of magnolia trees along the gravel front driveway, stands as one of colonial America's most architecturally significant mansions. Built between 1755-1759 on Mason's 5,500-acre tobacco plantation along the Potomac River, the Georgian-style mansion features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America. The historic home served as the residence of George Mason IV (1725-1792), primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The main house at George Mason's Gunston Hall, viewed through rows of magnolia trees along the gravel front driveway, stands as one of colonial America's most architecturally significant mansions. Built between 1755-1759 on Mason's 5,500-acre tobacco plantation along the Potomac River, the Georgian-style mansion features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America. The historic home served as the residence of George Mason IV (1725-1792), primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — George Mason's Gunston Hall, a meticulously preserved Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, showcases unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America. The historic plantation home on Virginia's Potomac River served as residence for George Mason IV (1725-1792), primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that directly influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. Now operated as an accredited museum on 550 preserved acres, the property features the recently restored Riverside Garden and ongoing archaeological proj-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The main house at George Mason's Gunston Hall, viewed through rows of magnolia trees along the gravel front driveway, stands as one of colonial America's most architecturally significant mansions. Built between 1755-1759 on Mason's 5,500-acre tobacco plantation along the Potomac River, the Georgian-style mansion features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America. The historic home served as the residence of George Mason IV (1725-1792), primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The main house at George Mason's Gunston Hall, viewed through rows of magnolia trees along the gravel front driveway, stands as one of colonial America's most architecturally significant mansions. Built between 1755-1759 on Mason's 5,500-acre tobacco plantation along the Potomac River, the Georgian-style mansion features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America. The historic home served as the residence of George Mason IV (1725-1792), primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.-stock-foto
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MASON NECK, Virginia — George Mason's Gunston Hall, a meticulously preserved Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, stands as one of colonial America's most architecturally significant homes and the intellectual birthplace of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The mansion showcases unprecedented interior design featuring the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as an accredited museum on 550 preserved acres, the property includes the recently-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The eastern side of Gunston Hall, the historic Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for founding father George Mason IV, shows some of the plantation's exterior dependencies including the laundry building. The 5,500-acre tobacco plantation along Virginia's Potomac River served as home to Mason, primary author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The property, now owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America, preserves 550 acres of the original plantation and f-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — George Mason's Gunston Hall, built between 1755-1759, stands as one of colonial America's most architecturally significant Georgian mansions and the intellectual birthplace of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The portico facing the garden showcases the mansion's elegant proportions and Flemish bond brickwork, with Aquia sandstone quoins and decorative elements. The 550-acre historic site preserves the home of George Mason IV (1725-1792), who authored the Virginia Declaration of Rights but refused to sign the U.S. Constitutio-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — A white wooden fence and gate surround the historic garden at Gunston Hall, the 18th-century plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights. The imposing barriers served both practical and aesthetic purposes, keeping out unwanted visitors and animals while adding crisp visual boundaries to the formal garden layout. The decorative gate with its iron hinges and elegant design elements transformed a functional barrier into a fashionable landscape feature, contrasting with the simpler split-rail fences that dominated colonial Virginia's agricult-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and influential Founding Father. The recently restored one-acre garden features symmetrical gravel pathways, boxwood borders, and four planting quadrants based on extensive archaeological evidence of Mason's original 18th-century design. Completed in 2023 after four decades of research, the garden restoration recreates the formal landscape that complemented the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759, where Mason developed ideas about na-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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LORTON, VIRGINIA — The formal Riverside Garden at George Mason's Gunston Hall features a 12-foot-wide central gravel pathway leading from the mansion toward the Potomac River. The recently restored one-acre garden, completed in 2023 after four decades of archaeological research, recreates George Mason's original 18th-century design with four quadrants bordered by boxwood shrubs. Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights, designed this symmetrical garden as part of his 5,500-acre plantation where approximately 90-100 enslaved people lived and wo-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The southeast-facing garden façade of Gunston Hall, the Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. The brick mansion, constructed in Flemish bond pattern with Aquia sandstone decorative elements, features unprecedented interior design including the only known coordinated chinoiserie woodwork in colonial America, created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland. Now operated as a museum by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America on 550 preserve-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — One of several upstairs bedrooms at Gunston Hall displays the Georgian architecture and interior design of this colonial Virginia plantation mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV. The room features original woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, who introduced chinoiserie and Palladian elements to colonial American design. Gunston Hall served as both family residence and intellectual workshop where Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. Mason is recognize-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — The interior of an office room at Gunston Hall, the historic Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, features walls painted in a bright green color. This room is part of the colonial plantation home where Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights, lived and worked. The mansion, known for its sophisticated interior woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, now operates as a museum owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and managed by the National Society of Colon-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — The interior of an office room at Gunston Hall, the historic Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, features walls painted in a bright green color. This room is part of the colonial plantation home where Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights, lived and worked. The mansion, known for its sophisticated interior woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, now operates as a museum owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and managed by the National Society of Colon-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — One of several upstairs bedrooms at Gunston Hall displays the Georgian architecture and interior design of this colonial Virginia plantation mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV. The room features original woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, who introduced chinoiserie and Palladian elements to colonial American design. Gunston Hall served as both family residence and intellectual workshop where Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. Mason is recognize-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — The interior of an office room at Gunston Hall, the historic Georgian mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV, features walls painted in a bright green color. This room is part of the colonial plantation home where Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights, lived and worked. The mansion, known for its sophisticated interior woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, now operates as a museum owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and managed by the National Society of Colon-stock-foto
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LORTON, Virginia — The upstairs hallway at Gunston Hall, the historic plantation home of founding father George Mason IV, features multiple bedrooms radiating off a central corridor. Built between 1755-1759 under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, the Georgian mansion showcases some of colonial America's most sophisticated interior woodwork and design. The second floor contained seven bedchambers to accommodate Mason's large family of nine surviving children, with corner rooms featuring fireplaces and expensive paint colors. Gunston Hall now operates as a museum owned by th-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — One of several upstairs bedrooms at Gunston Hall displays the Georgian architecture and interior design of this colonial Virginia plantation mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV. The room features original woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, who introduced chinoiserie and Palladian elements to colonial American design. Gunston Hall served as both family residence and intellectual workshop where Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. Mason is recognize-stock-foto
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia — One of several upstairs bedrooms at Gunston Hall displays the Georgian architecture and interior design of this colonial Virginia plantation mansion built between 1755-1759 for George Mason IV. The room features original woodwork created under the supervision of English architect William Buckland, who introduced chinoiserie and Palladian elements to colonial American design. Gunston Hall served as both family residence and intellectual workshop where Mason drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, which influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights. Mason is recognize-stock-foto
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