MOUNT VERNON 



MOUNT VERNON 



TOMB OF THE WASHINGTON'S 



same block of stone. Upon these England's 

 great Foreign Secretary, Arthur J. Balfour, de- 

 posited floral tributes in 1917. 



The mansion house is of wood, painted to 

 resemble stone. It has two stories and an at- 

 tic of dormer windows. Shaded lawns sur- 

 round the home. There is a deer park under 

 tin hill, and to the rear arc beautiful flower 

 gardens and orchards. Disposed about th<> 

 grounds are the usual outbuildings of a Vir- 

 ginia farm. Many of the trees which Washing- 

 ton cared for are still flourishing. 



mansion was built in 17-13 by Wa.-h inn- 

 ton's brother Lawrence, and was named nfti-r 

 Admiral Veraon of tin- British navy, In 1856 

 tli house and the surrounding property 

 saved from the auctioneer's hammer, and se- 

 cured as a national possession by the Ladies' 

 Mount Veraon Association. Portions of the 

 ordinal estate which had been sold were ac- 

 quit., 1 .mim; buildings which had fallen into 

 ruin wi -re n-- mansion WBF 



many utidei of furniture and adornment were 

 restored to tin- several rooms; and numbers of 

 'I mementos of George and 

 Martha Washington and of their times wen- 

 placed in (la house. To care for the mansion 



and grounds there was perfected a permanent 

 organization, consisting of a regent and a vice- 

 regent for each state in the Union. Thus the 

 peaceful, lovely spot, upon which the memory 

 of Washington sheds an eternal glory, has been 

 preserved to a loyal posterity because of the 

 courage and patriotic impulse of the women of 

 America. 



Excursionists from Washington to Mount 

 Vernon are charged two dollars for the round 

 trip by automobile companies, but ele 



t. cars run from the national capital for a 

 very small fare. 



Consult Page's Mount Vernon and It* /'rrwrwo- 



ff"H. 



MOUNT VERNON, ILL., the county scat of 

 rson County, is a city in the south -central 

 part of the state, >> miles southeast of 



Saint Louis and 104 miles north and en> 

 Cairo. It is on the Louisville <k Nash v ill. 

 Southern, the Chicago A Eastern Illinois and 

 the Wabash, Chester A Western railroads. 

 population m 1910 was 8,007; in 1910 it was 

 9,760 (Federal estimate). The are* of 



-ouarr miles. 



tit Veraon is the headquarters of the 

 fourth appellate court district of the state, and 



