Mary Ball Washington House

Mary Washington House
Mary Washington House, February 2022
Mary Ball Washington House is located in Northern Virginia
Mary Ball Washington House
Mary Ball Washington House is located in Virginia
Mary Ball Washington House
Mary Ball Washington House is located in the United States
Mary Ball Washington House
Location1200 Charles St., Fredericksburg, Virginia
Coordinates38°18′17″N 77°27′49″W / 38.30472°N 77.46361°W / 38.30472; -77.46361
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Part ofFredericksburg Historic District (ID71001053)
NRHP reference No.75002111 [1]
VLR No.111-0110
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 05, 1975
Designated CPSeptember 22, 1971
Designated VLRMarch 18, 1975[2]

The Mary Washington House, at 1200 Charles Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the house in which George Washington's mother, Mary Ball Washington, resided towards the end of her life. It is now operated as an 18th-century period historic house museum, one of several museums in Fredericksburg operated by Washington Heritage Museums. Today it displays 18th-century furniture, and her personal possessions, such as her "best dressing glass” (her mirror).

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 2013.