George Washington's Office

George Washington's Office Museum was the abode and the workplace of the former President between 1755 and 1756, while he was building Fort Loudoun. Washington had taken up a small log cabin on the property which now makes up the central part of the museum. The place is used to display a number of artifacts from the fort and also has some temporary exhibitions with themes displaying...

George Washington used this small log cabin (since covered with clapboard) as his office in 1755 and 1756 when he was a colonel in the Virginia militia, charged with building a fort to protect the colony's frontier from the French and the Indians. The building itself is the highlight of this charming little museum, whose exhibits explain Washington's career from 1748 to 1758. You can see it all...

The center room of this museum was used by Colonel George Washington between 1755 and 1756. This is a simple log cabin and it is the oldest standing building in Old Town Winchester.