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Gunston Hall, four miles to the east, is one of the most noted colonial places in Virginia. The land was patented in 1651 by Richard Turney, who was hanged for taking part in Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. In 1696 the second George Mason acquired it. The house was built in 1755–1758 by the fourth George Mason, revolutionary leader and author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the first constitution of Virginia.
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Lorton, Virginia · United States
NEARBY MARKERS
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge / Explore a Trail Network
Nature
Gunston Hall / Pohick Bay Regional Park and Golf Course
Civics
Welcome to Colchester on the Occoquan
Military
The Trail to Victory at Yorktown
Military
Pohick Church
Military
The Suffrage Campaign in Wartime / Suffrage Pickets Chose Prison
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