Ha Ha Wall Mount Vernon

George washington s mount vernon estate gardens.

Ha ha wall mount vernon.

The estate is on the banks of the potomac river in fairfax county virginia near alexandria across from prince george s county maryland. Probably because you can t see it as you are running down towards the wall but it acted as a fence for pastured animals. The historic landmark suffered damage to the east lawn after a severe mudslide took out close to 100 feet of a brick. A ha ha wall at mount vernon at most plantations natural views could easily be destroyed by the fencing necessary to keep farm animals away from the house and gardens.

1415 e kincaid st skagit valley hospital hospitalists office mount vernon wa 98274 4126 360 416 5750. This kept livestock away from more formal grounds without interrupting the washington s view from the mansion. The mount vernon area was particularly hard hit as the storm moved slowly east. Ha ha wall 1785 1798.

Original materials include correspondence of mount vernon superintendents employees and vice regents accounts and financial documents reports photographs and architectural drawings. Bw 395 mount vernon mansion below south ha ha wall march 1932 box. Historical photograph collection hpc. This wall is called the ha ha wall.

While keeping livestock out the ha ha fostered the illusion that the manicured lawn continued toward the river. Ha ha walls view of the ha ha walls at mount vernon mvla washington installed a ha ha or walled ditch just below the crest of the hill out of sight from the piazza. Washington s solution was to use ha ha walls a common feature in british naturalistic landscape design. Photo archives of the mount vernon ladies association.

I recommend taking plenty of snacks and a bottle of water especially if you are there in the summer. A ha ha wall is a sunken wall with a turf ditch on the pasture side. Mount vernon is an american landmark and former plantation of george washington the first president of the united states and his wife martha washington. Photocopied or printed documents were taken from ledgers accounts and correspondence of george washington and his staff published.