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Gunston Hall

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Gunston Hall is an 18th-century Georgian mansion near the Potomac River in Mason Neck, Virginia, built between 1755 and 1759 by George Mason, a Founding Father of the United States, as the main residence and headquarters of a 5,500-acre plantation worked by enslaved people. The estate lies not far from George Washington's Mount Vernon.

Facts
Building Type
Georgian mansion 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Fairfax County, United States 2
Completed Year
1759 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Mansion 1
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Mansion, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Gunston Hall - Wikipedia

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Source Gunston Hall - Wikipedia
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1. Gunston Hall - Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    An 18th-century Georgian mansion
  • standing status determination, wikipedia summary
    It is now a museum owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia and open to the public.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field
    completion_date/completed = 1759
  • In Style: Georgian Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Georgian
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Brick buildings and structures in Virginia
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2. Gunston Hall (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Fairfax County, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Fairfax County, United States
Wikidata item Q1554859, property P131/P17 (location): Fairfax County, United States
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