CSPAN3 American Artifacts George Masons Gunston Hall February 19, 2018
House right now. It was built in 1755 and 1759 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, the house tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. He was a wealthy man. The house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. He didnt ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. Geor...