Ha Ha Wall Mount Vernon

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Ha ha wall mount vernon.

Photo archives of the mount vernon ladies association. 1415 e kincaid st skagit valley hospital hospitalists office mount vernon wa 98274 4126 360 416 5750. Original materials include correspondence of mount vernon superintendents employees and vice regents accounts and financial documents reports photographs and architectural drawings. Ha ha wall 1785 1798.

Washington s solution was to use ha ha walls a common feature in british naturalistic landscape design. 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 estate is on the banks of the potomac river in fairfax county virginia near alexandria across from prince george s county maryland. Bw 395 mount vernon mansion below south ha ha wall march 1932 box.

This wall is called the ha ha wall. Can you guess why. Mount vernon is an american landmark and former plantation of george washington the first president of the united states and his wife martha washington. Historical photograph collection hpc.

Mount vernon the ha ha wall a ha ha wall was used to naturalistically separate space on an 18th century landscape by building a masonry wall into the side of a hill. George washington s mount vernon estate gardens. This kept livestock away from more formal grounds without interrupting the washington s view from the mansion. A ha ha wall is a sunken wall with a turf ditch on the pasture side.

The historic landmark suffered damage to the east lawn after a severe mudslide took out close to 100 feet of a brick. The mount vernon area was particularly hard hit as the storm moved slowly east. While keeping livestock out the ha ha fostered the illusion that the manicured lawn continued toward the river. 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.