Gunston Hall
Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, United States. Built between 1755 and 1759 by George Mason, a Founding Father, to be the main residence and headquarters of a 5,500-acre slave plantation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: plantation
- Address: 10709 Gunston Hall Road, VA 22079
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mason Neck and Belvoir.
Mason Neck
Village
Photo: Jarekt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mason Neck is a peninsula jutting into the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, southwest of Washington, D.C. It is surrounded by Belmont Bay to the west, the Potomac River to the south and east, Gunston Cove to the northeast, and Pohick Bay to the north-northeast.
Belvoir
Neighborhood
Belvoir was the plantation and estate of colonial Virginia's prominent William Fairfax family. Operated with the forced labor of enslaved people, it was located on the west bank of the Potomac River on the present site of Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia. Belvoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Gunston Hall.
Accotink
Quarter
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Accotink is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Accotink is located along Accotink Creek within Fort Belvoir. Accotink Bay, Accotink Bay Wildlife Refuge, and Lake Accotink are also in the area. Accotink is situated 3 miles north of Gunston Hall.
Gunston Hall
- Category: plantation
- Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.66407° or 38° 39′ 51″ northLongitude
-77.16018° or 77° 9′ 37″ westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open location code
87C4MR7Q+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 180143812OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Gunston Hall” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “冈斯顿庄园”
- German: “Gunston Hall (Anwesen)”
- German: “Gunston Hall”
- Italian: “Gunston Hall”
- Japanese: “ガンストン・ホール”
- Spanish: “Gunston Hall”
- Ukrainian: “Ганстон-голл (маєток)”
- Ukrainian: “Ганстон-голл”
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