On this glorious Easter Sunday, Mount Vernon is sparkling in a symphony of luscious greenery and azalea blooms worthy of a magical palette. The colonial white mansion with its signature red roof, sits on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River, across from Maryland. White picket fences surround adjacent quarters dedicated to household chores befitting such a large mansion.
A solarium with tropical plants is a novelty for this era. There is a smithy, a greenhouse, overseer’s quarters, salt house, gardener’s house, kitchen, clerk’s quarters, seed house, coach house, stables, and ice storing facility, a smoke house for curing meat, a bakery, a laundry, a saddle maker, and slave quarters.