Historic plantation manor house built c. 1740 by Charles Ewell. It was the home of
Mason Locke Weems (1759 – 1825), the first biographer of George Washington and the creator of the
cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet"). It is one of the few remaining colonial era plantations in northern Virginia.
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined
here, differentiate
National Historic Landmarks and
historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the
National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
^Haynes, John H., Jr. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Camp French.
National Park Service, 2005-07-22, 39.
^Myers, L. Daniel. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orange and Alexandria Railroad Bridge Piers.
National Park Service, 1989-05, 11.
^Haynes, John H., Jr. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rising Hill Camp - 44PW1412.
National Park Service, 2005-07-22, 13.
Historic plantation manor house built c. 1740 by Charles Ewell. It was the home of
Mason Locke Weems (1759 – 1825), the first biographer of George Washington and the creator of the
cherry tree story ("I cannot tell a lie, I did it with my little hatchet"). It is one of the few remaining colonial era plantations in northern Virginia.
^Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined
here, differentiate
National Historic Landmarks and
historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the
National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
^Haynes, John H., Jr. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Camp French.
National Park Service, 2005-07-22, 39.
^Myers, L. Daniel. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Orange and Alexandria Railroad Bridge Piers.
National Park Service, 1989-05, 11.
^Haynes, John H., Jr. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rising Hill Camp - 44PW1412.
National Park Service, 2005-07-22, 13.