Wash House

Wash House is a building in Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Wash House is situated near the historic site Clerk’s Quarters, as well as near Storehouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and Washington Family Tomb.

Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens

Protected area

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, an American Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha.

Washington Family Tomb

Tomb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Washington Family Tomb is situated 640 feet southwest of Wash House.

Piscataway Park

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Piscataway Park is a National Park Service–protected area located 20 miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. in and around Accokeek, Maryland. It protects the National Colonial Farm, Marshall Hall, and the Accokeek Creek Site. Piscataway Park is situated 2 miles south of Wash House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Gum Springs.

Mount Vernon

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Mount Vernon is a district in Fairfax County, Virginia, situated on the Potomac River. It takes its name from the country home and plantation of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America.

Gum Springs

Neighborhood

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gum Springs is a community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States in Hybla Valley, along Route 1. The African American community, the oldest in the county, was established in 1833 by West Ford, a freedman who had been manumitted by Hannah Bushrod Washington, in 1805. Gum Springs is situated 2½ miles north of Wash House.

Woodlawn

Village

Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodlawn is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 20,804. It was carved out of the Mount Vernon CDP beginning with the 2010 census, from the west it goes from Fort Belvoir to Little Hunting Creek stretching along U.S. Route 1 on the south and Huntley Meadows Park on the north. Woodlawn is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wash House.

Wash House

Type: Building
Location: Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.70777° or 38° 42′ 28″ north

Longitude

-77.08682° or 77° 5′ 13″ west

Open location code

87C4PW57+47

OpenStreetMap ID

way 232605853

OpenStreetMap feature

building=shed

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Highlights: Clerk’s Quarters and Storehouse.

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