After two years of renovations, the first and second floors of George and Martha Washingtons mansion at Mount Vernon have reopened to visitors.
The $40 million preservation project at the first presidents home included designing and installing a new HVAC system, major infrastructure repairs, and improving drainage in and around the mansions cellar, and Washingtons newly restored bedroom.
While the work wont be fully completed until October 2026, visitors will finally get a chance to see rooms in the mansion that have been closed off on a rotating schedule.
We have moved steadily to restore the mansion to its glory, restored the exterior, fixed all the windows, repaired the piazza, Doug Bradburn, president of George Washingtons Mount Vernon, said at the mansions ribbon-cutting ceremony o

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