Historical Marker

Warburton Manor

On a grassy hilltop in Fort Washington Park, 250 ft. northeast of large parking lot closest to fort ยท Prince George's

Maryland marker

Inscription

"Warburton Manor" Patented 1661 Home of the Digges family. (Descendants of Edward Digges, Governor of Virginia, 1652-1668) The most intimate friends of George and Martha Washington in Prince George's County where they visited many times. Washington spent his forty-third birthday here. Now site of Fort Washington Designed by L'Enfant, 1814 George Washington Bicentennial, 1932

Location

AddressOn a grassy hilltop in Fort Washington Park, 250 ft. northeast of large parking lot closest to fort
CountyPrince George's
StateMaryland
Coordinates38.713917, -77.029417

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