Vernon Mount was named for which home of the first President of the US and his wife?
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Title: Mount Vernon, Baltimore
Passage: Mount Vernon is a neighborhood located just to the north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland.  Designated a National Historic Landmark District and a city Cultural District, it is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and originally was home to the city's most wealthy and fashionable families.  The name derives from the Mount Vernon home of George Washington; the original Washington Monument, a massive pillar commenced in 1815 to commemorate the first president of the United States, is the defining feature of the neighborhood.
Title: Ann Pamela Cunningham
Passage: Ann Pamela Cunningham (August 15, 1816 Rosemont Plantation, South Carolina - May 1, 1875) is credited with saving George Washington's beloved home Mount Vernon from ruin and neglect.  In a letter to Ann Pamela, Cunningham's mother described the crumbling condition of the estate as she saw it in 1853 while on a steamship heading down the Potomac River.  Cunningham was in her 30s and, having been crippled in a riding accident as a teenager, decided she would initiate a campaign to save the estate.  She raised funds to purchase Mount Vernon by launching an unprecedented appeal for donations through newspaper articles directed toward "the Ladies of the South" and founded The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, the group that still owns and manages Washington's estate, and served as its first regent.  The group purchased Mount Vernon for $200,000 The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association is the oldest private preservation organization in the United States.
Title: Virginia State Route 235
Passage: State Route 235 (SR 235) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.  The state highway runs 5.05 mi between intersections with U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Fort Belvoir and Hybla Valley.  SR 235 forms a southeast loop off of US 1 through the community of Mount Vernon in southeastern Fairfax County, connecting US 1 with Mount Vernon, the plantation home of George Washington, and the southern end of the George Washington Memorial Parkway.
Title: George Washington's Farewell Address
Passage: George Washington's Farewell Address is a letter written by first President of the United States George Washington to "friends and fellow-citizens."  He wrote the letter near the end of his second term presidency, before retiring to his home at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Title: Vernon Mount
Passage: Vernon Mount (sometimes Vernon Mount House or Mount Vernon) is a Georgian manor house in Cork, Ireland.  It was built between the 1780s and early 1790s to designs attributed to Abraham Hargrave.  Originally built for the merchant Hayes family, the house was named for Mount Vernon, the home of US president George Washington.  Passing through several owners, the house remained largely disused and subject to deterioration from the late 20th century.  In 2016 a significant fire largely gutted the house, leading to speculation as to its future.
Title: Charles Wall
Passage: Charles Cecil Wall (June 21, 1903 – May 1, 1995) was an American self-taught historian and preservationist, who spent nearly 40 years as resident director of George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon on the banks of the Potomac River, where he endeavored to keep the home and its surroundings in much the same state that it existed when the First President resided there.
Title: Mount Vernon
Passage: Mount Vernon was the plantation house of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and his wife, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington.  The estate is situated on the banks of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Alexandria, across from Prince George's County, Maryland.  The Washington family had owned land in the area since the time of Washington's great-grandfather in 1674.  In 1739 they embarked on an expansion of the estate that continued under George Washington, who came into possession of the estate in 1754, but did not become its sole owner until 1761.
Title: Abraham Hargrave
Passage: Abraham Addison Hargrave (1755-1808), sometimes referred to as Abraham Hargrave the Elder was an architect and building contractor who was active mainly in County Cork, Ireland in the late 18th and early 19th century.  Born near Leeds, England in 1755, Hargrave came to Cork between 1789 and 1791.  Among his first commissions was the rebuilding of St Patricks Bridge in Cork, which had been damaged by severe flooding in 1789.  Over the coming decades Hargrave was responsible for a number of merchant manor houses in the area (including Vernon Mount c.1790, Lotabeg c.1800, Castle Hyde c.1801, and works at Fota House).  He was also involved in the development of several barracks (for example Cork Military Barracks c.1800 and Fermoy Barracks c.1804) and other works (including Christ Church in Fermoy c.1804, and at Belvelly bridge).
Title: George Washington Middle School (Virginia)
Passage: George Washington Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, is located at 1005 Mount Vernon Avenue, part of Alexandria City Public Schools.  Named after the nation's first president, it opened in 1935 as a high school; it consolidated the city's two previous schools, Alexandria and George Mason.  In 1971, the city's school district moved to a 6-2-2-2 configuration, and reassigned its three high schools from four-year to two-year campuses.  The newest, T.C. Williams, took all of the city's juniors and seniors, while Francis C. Hammond and George Washington split the freshmen and sophomores.  Both became junior high schools in 1979, with grades 7-9, and middle schools in 1993, with grades 6-8.
Title: George Washington's Gristmill
Passage: 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 (5 km) west of Mount Vernon proper near Woodlawn Plantation in Alexandria, Virginia.  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.
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