George Washington’s First Office
Located at 32 West Cork & Braddock Streets, in Winchester Virginia, George Washington’s Office is a stop worth making, but not worth paying the admission price, the building does not really hold historically significant memorabilia, rather the size, location, and ties to President Washington make it of interest.
According the their web site: “George Washington used a little log building, now the middle room of George Washington Office Museum, as a military office from September 1755 to December of 1756 while Fort Loudoun was being constructed at the north end of town.
Winchester played an important role in George Washington’s early adult life; his military and political career began here. As a young man of sixteen, he came to the area to begin what he thought would be his life’s profession, surveying. With the earnings from his surveying business he was able to buy a number of acres around Frederick County and also a lot in the town that enabled him to serve as a Burgess From Frederick County 1758-1765. During the French and Indian War he commanded the Virginia Regiment from his headquarters in Winchester.” http://www.winchesterhistory.org/george_washington.htm
“On July 24th, 1758, the freeholders of Frederick County elected George Washington as their representative to Virginia’s House of Burgesses. He had ‘treated them well, pouring out barrels of rum, wine, and beer into their bumpers on Election Day.”
“During his terms as Burgess from Frederick County, local historians can find only one bit of legislation affecting the Town of Winchester, which he sponsored on March 1, 1761 which was to prevent hogs from running through the streets of Winchester to prevent contamination of drinking water.”
The Garden
A remarkable career was launched from this small building.
