It seems like a dream that we’ve been working on Little Mount Vernon for almost 6 months now! We’ve gone from a house full of trash engulfed in trees and vines… to the point where new floor joists are going in on half the first floor. It feels great to get to the point where we’re actually doing repairs… not just land clearing, trash cleanout, and demo. When anyone asks if the house was worse than I thought it would be, I tell them “I haven’t been surprised. It’s as bad as I expected it to be. I had HOPED I would be surprised that it wasn’t as bad as I expected… but I haven’t been surprised!”

Little Mount Vernon was built in 1937 by George Weatherford and Emma Cross Weatherford. Their home was a miniature replica of George Washington's historical home on the Potomac river, Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon is a TWO FRONT house--an East front and a West Front. The West front entrance contained the driveway to welcome guests and the East front contained the huge porch with chairs for enjoying the evenings overlooking the Potomac.