George Washington's Grist Mill

George Washington built a grist mill on this site in 1771 and produced superfine flour using two imported French burrstones. The original mill was torn down in 1850, but rebuilt by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1932 to celebrate the bicentennial of Washington's birth. In 1997, Virginia transferred the mill to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which owns and operates George Washington's Mount Vernon.

[Taffy]

It's a great capture of older architectural elements and interesting to read the background.

[Gena Pegg]

Love this image.....a beautiful scene. Love the architecture...and the setting. Great bit of history.

[tony gig]

Beautiful building and lovely stonework, great shot.

[mikeharris]

It looks like it ought to be in France.

[Peter Dulis]

Love it ..fav

[virtualbrownie]

Wonderful edifice, such an imposing structure love the detail and the way it follows the contours of the land

[Khawbecker]

@taffy Thanks, Taffy.

[Khawbecker]

@eyesmile Thanks, Gena.

[Khawbecker]

@tonygig Thanks, Tony.

[Khawbecker]

@pools82 I hadn't thought of that, Mike, but you're right.

[Khawbecker]

@pdulis Thanks, Peter! I appreciate the fav!

[Khawbecker]

@virtualbrownie Thanks! It is a fascinating building.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Stunning capture and detail, love the colour of the stonework, looks like my Cotswold stone around here. Must be a FAV from me.

[Paula Fontanini]

Such an impressive piece of architectural history....great detail of the stonework, composition and back story too! George Washington and I share a birthday so I've always been partial to him (and Lincoln) ever since I was a kid! :)

[Linsey]

Great building and super shot!

[Khawbecker]

@ladymagpie I've learned from your photos that these building stones do look like Cotswold stone. Thanks for the fav!

[Khawbecker]

@bluemoon Paula, then we share a birth month. My birthday is before Lincoln's in February. Thank you for the fav!

[Khawbecker]

@kiscsillag Thanks, Linsey. :)

[Shelley]

Oh wow! Lovely capture and composition.

[Khawbecker]

@moxy Thanks, Shelley!