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Wessyngton

S of Cedar Hill, Cedar Hill, TN , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 36° 30' 4.872204", -87° 0' 14.513328"
  National Register of Historic Places

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places
 
The stately Georgian mansion four miles south was built in 1819 by Joseph Washington of Surry County, Virginia, a distant cousin of the nation's first president, and bears the Anglo-Saxon form of the family name. The estate, with its formal garden and family burial ground, was later inherited by Congressman Joseph E. Washington (served 1887-1897).
Wessyngton was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 06, 1971.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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