Postcard reads, "After Gen. Braddock's defeat (July 1755) by the French and Indians near Fort Duquesne, Lieut.-Col. George Washington was given command of the colonial forces on the frontier. Washington then built Fort Loudoun at Winchester, and while supervising this work (1756-7) he occupied the building shown above. During this time three companies of Virginia troops were quartered within a stockade built upon the lot to the southward. Prior to the French and Indian War (1749-53) Washington had used this building as an office while employed by Lord Fairfax as a surveyor." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)

Washington's Office, Winchester, Va.

Identifier:: 044876
Title:: Washington's Office, Winchester, Va.
Description:: Postcard reads, "After Gen. Braddock's defeat (July 1755) by the French and Indians near Fort Duquesne, Lieut.-Col. George Washington was given command of the colonial forces on the frontier. Washington then built Fort Loudoun at Winchester, and while supervising this work (1756-7) he occupied the building shown above. During this time three companies of Virginia troops were quartered within a stockade built upon the lot to the southward. Prior to the French and Indian War (1749-53) Washington had used this building as an office while employed by Lord Fairfax as a surveyor." Published by Shenandoah Publishing House. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
Acquisition Method:: Acquired
Medium:: postcard
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView