George Washington's Fredericksburg Foundation Reviews

This place is beautiful. Another cool historic park in f-burg

Honestly this historic site was a let down. The staff are knowledgable and friendly but there's literally nothing there of historic value. It has all been rebuilt and manufactured. The home that they are "renovating" is not the home GW grew up in. It's just one they built.

There's a lovely reception building with a few artifacts there that are just like what say Martha Washington would have used.

A nice place to visit but if your unto authentic history, I would take a pass on this one.

What an awesome and interesting stop along the way to colonial Williamsburg. We are very glad we made a stop.

Great tour by knowledgeable guide and the bonus of a conversation with Chief Archeologist Dave Muraca. All on a beautiful Fall day. A must see!

At the time we went they gave private tours. Tour takes place mainly outside and at the end you get to go inside the house. Tour is about 30 mins and contains interesting content.

I would recommend visiting this historic site! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and she did an awesome job! Thank you for all you do in preserving our history.

Good trails. Not open during the winter. Host many tours and events.

We went during the off season on Washington's birthday in February. It was great, friendly staff, had a great time

A bit pricey for what we got. But love the history and restoration-replication.

Ferry Farm is a very cool look into George Washington's past. They have done a great job recreating the house, the tour is well done, and the grounds are lovely. This is a fantastic day trip. I think we spent about 3 hours walking around.

This place was excellent! Lots of information especially if you like archeology and history. This is a replica of the house Washington lived in on the exact location of the house discovered by archeologists in 2008. The contents of the house are just as it was when Washington was there (but you will have to go to find out how they know!) Take the iPad tour and house tour to get the most out of it. Plan on a 2-3 hour visit.

Well done reconstruction of the home and very good docents.

This was pretty interesting. I wish there was more to offer here, but I really enjoyed my visit. We'd lived here for more than four years and never visited this place. So I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it and would come back again.

This is where George Washington grew up. It was left to rot for over 200 years. Then developers wanted to buy it. Fortunately, it was saved for future generations. And restored as best they could guess. With all the great plans for this site will definitely be interesting to visit again in a few years.

Great place to take the kids on a day trip. They are adding new historical buildings in the future. I must see in Fredericksburg, VA.

Five star for young children or school groups. Provides an accurate glimpse into early life for George Washington. Liked the iPad audio tour as my older children aptly managed to que the next video or audio file. The staff also helped create a personal visit and shared cool information about Hugh Mercer and how general Mercer bought the farm From the Washington s but probably only his son lived on it.

This should be on your bucket list of places i didnt know existed but I'm so glad I found it.
Excellent grounds and a compelling story.
A Must Visit when nearby.

It is really good to see the house Washington would have lived in but there is not much else to do there

A good and cool place to visit. History was made hear.

Only attended the yearly gingerbread house contest but great fun with my granddaughter. Did not view the whole of the farm.

Historic place, but its not original, all replicas.

A really interesting place to spend a couple hours. The house tour was informative and really good.

The attention to detail in this recreation is exceptional. The young lady that was our tour guide was friendly, patient, and welcoming. It was a good spontaneous stop.

History is what makes us who we are learn from the past to work on creating our future

They do a great job. Gorgeous grounds. Worth a trip to check out. Lots of history of course

An annual tradition to go see the gingerbread house competition. Always a good time.

So much history, beauty and artifact from the archeological dig!

This site is not a National park was a little surprisedwith the fee

Our tour guide was excellent & I loved the replica of the house & furnishings.

Had a fun time on my son's field trip. Learned about George Washington.

I found the displays quite nice perhaps a few more entries would justify fee

It was very interesting, they had plenty of activities for the kids, we went for Presidents Day so I would suggest calling to see if they offer those activities year around.

My daughter and I really enjoyed about 3 hours here. While everything is reconstructed, the stories told were great. We toured the house, had a picnic in the shade and walked down to the river. It was a lovely time. I will say that the outside tour is conducted via IPad - I have never seen my 9 year old so interested in hearing and re-hearing historical features and tales. IPad history ... brilliant!

Great place to learn about George Washington's early life. You can tour the reproduction of his boyhood home, built using only 18th century techniques. The furniture inside is all also reproduction, not original, so you can touch it and sit in the chairs. They also have an iPad app to take on a walking tour of the property that tells you all about the place. In the visitor's center you can see a working archaeological lab.

Very well done...guided house tour was very informative...gave you a sense of how life was like in the colonial times..... grounds are very well maintained....nice historic stop for tourists

Everyone is very inviting, will be here again, hopefully, sooner than later

Whole family had a great time and the kids even learned American history WHILE they had fun. Terrific wardrobes by staff!

It was very nice I was disappointed that his house was not there but our guide was very informative about George's life and family and how the house was at that t it me.

We were headed to the Pope Creek Childhood Home of George Washington years ago when we observed a very small sign posted that said boyhood home of George Washington, Ferry farm. We backed up went in, parked, our car, just a few people digging on the property, we walked around, and then went down an old road towards the river, it got rough and as I was afraid of snakes we left. That was our first experience with Ferry farm. Years later went in again several digs were going on and much info what was found in those digs. There was a fairly large Visitor Center so we went though that. On we went to Pope Creek and more changes there, went into the Memorial House where a Park Ranger was talking, also where the original home was marked out. A nice Visitors Center there too. At some point we went into the home of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, and the Feilding Home. What a wonderful area to visit. Not sure of the dates now as we have visited the battlefields 2 or 3 times. Extra note My 2 times great-grandfather was with the 16th. Co. A Maine Infantry in the Civil War. Seems to me it was the first battle he was in. Va. is high on our list for Vacations.

Excellent tour. Lots of great info. Reconstructed house was beautiful.

Fantastic experience!!!! Such knowledgeable staff!!!! So friendly!!!! They really enjoy sharing their knowledge with the visitors. They fill in the blanks and really educate people.

Duplicate building from blueprints of George Washington's boyhood home.

Our family enjoyed this tour very much. We learned so many things I had no idea about that got me doing research after it was over. I do wish we were able to enjoy this pre-pandemic because we spent the majority of our time outside hearing the stories rather than inside being able to touch and really explore the cabin. We would still definitely do it again!

Hope they can add more of the original buildings to the property.

Great day with a fantastic tour of George Washington boyhood home. A lot of history about the house and Washington family with the life and times. The main building had a great mix of history. I enjoyed the flags of the United States and the inside games of the time. I saw many games being played outside the looked like fun. I would go again and could still learn more.

Hardly anyone stops to visit. It's free and you can have a nice picnik.

Nothing here to see but what you see from driveway.

Great for adults, but a little boring for young kids. Go if you're interested in archeology or early American history.

Awesome little place. The self guided tours were a little boring but the actual tour guide was fun and very interactive.

Amazing!! George's childhood home has been rebuilt and furnished. The museum has many relics from archeological digs. Guides are very well informed and obviously love their work. Well worth the trip.

Great place to take the kids for a little lesson on the colonial way of life. It's not an actual historical building but rather a replica built on a historic site

Found this place by accident!
What a wonderful reproduction of what was once there! Very helpful guides! A great visit!!

Open as of 8 Aug. Great place. Carole was very informative and sweet. Amazing learning the early life and childhood of our first president.

Nothing to see other than the replica house that was to long of a wait. We paid 48 dollars for 4 people to walk. So not worth it. Very disappointed!

Disappointed, it's a site his father bought but nothing remains to prove what anything looks like. There guessing.

Great Presidents Day celebration, Happy Birthday George!

Great place to visit. Very close to Washington DC. Plenty of restaurants close by. Free parking. Beautiful garden.

The house was rebuild following original drawings along with the furniture. Our tour guide was excellent she provided a lot of details of the life back in time. Highly recommended.

We attended the ribbon cutting for the reconstruction of George Washington's childhood home. The first reconstruction of a structure over the true archeaological foundation. Very special occasion.

History in detail! Nice folks and awesome walking tour and museum.

Above ground nothing remains from whatever structures were present in the 1700s. Even the river has migrated away from the course it used to run, which was much closer to the family home. But the organization now running the farm has had good success in piecing the past back together. Last year they finished a reconstruction of the family home, in its original location. (There s a small opening, inside one of the walls, where you can peer down to the home s original stone foundation.) Certainly worth visiting if you're in the area.

We enjoyed the July 4th celebration there. Many areas of interest, especially George Washington's boyhood home. Current excavation going on as they are finding all kinds of relics from that era. Fun and educational.