Mary Ball Washington House
Mary Washington House | |
Mary Washington House, February 2022 | |
| Location | 1200 Charles St., Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°18′17″N 77°27′49″W / 38.30472°N 77.46361°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Part of | Fredericksburg Historic District (ID71001053) |
| NRHP reference No. | 75002111 |
| VLR No. | 111-0110 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 05, 1975 |
| Designated CP | September 22, 1971 |
| Designated VLR | March 18, 1975 |
The Mary Washington House, at 1200 Charles Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is the house in which George Washington's mother, Mary Ball Washington, resided towards the end of her life. It is now operated as an 18th-century period historic house museum, one of several museums in Fredericksburg operated by Washington Heritage Museums. Today it displays 18th-century furniture, and her personal possessions, such as her "best dressing glass” (her mirror).