Martha Washington Inn
Abingdon, Virginia
Martha Washington Inn
can arrive by coach
the porch of the Inn
tour given by Pete Sheffley
the front desk
lobby hall
lobby stand
stairway
looking up
view of West Point on the wallpaper
view of Boston Harbor on the wallpaper
the right hand parlor
the obligatory portrait of General Robert E. Lee
side board with a secret drawer
left hand room
Martha Washington
Washington, Martha, born Martha
Dandridge (1732-1802), wife of George Washington, born in New Kent County,
Virginia. The daughter of a prosperous planter, she was married at the age of 17
to one of the wealthiest planters in Virginia, Daniel Parke Custis, by whom she
had four children; two of these, however, died in infancy. After Custis's death,
she met George Washington whom she married on January 6, 1759. They had no
children, but raised the younger two of four children left by her son, who had
died. During the American Revolution, she often shared the rigors of camp life
with her husband and stayed with him during the long, hard winter at Valley
Forge. Later, when she was First Lady, she entertained lavishly, first in New
York City, then in Philadelphia, and became known as a gracious hostess.
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one of the Martha Washington Inn's bed rooms
with its signed bed cover
Pete showing the Governor's Suite
entrance to the dining room
a portion of the dining room
the side door
