Mason Mansion about 1900
John Mason* had an elegant summer home on the small rise you see behind the sign. From about 1792 to 1830 it was a center of Washington and Georgetown society. A few bricks are all that remain of its former splendor.
* Son of George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Marker can be reached from George Washington Parkway, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
