George Washington's Headquarters at night, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1940

Subjects: Patriotic Residences
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of George Washington's Headquarters at night, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A night view of the small log building with a stone end wall known as George Washington's Headquarters in Winchester, Virginia, its windows glowing under a full moon, with a stone marker and cannon in the yard. Washington used this building as his office while supervising construction of Fort Loudoun during the French and Indian War, in 1755-1756, when he commanded the Virginia Regiment. The structure survives as a historic house museum. The card's moonlight scene is a colorized, linen-textured rendering rather than a photograph taken at night.

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PublisherAsheville Post Card Co.

W-27 NIGHT-TIME SCENE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS, WINCHESTER, VA. --- WASHINGTON'S HEADQUARTERS After General Braddock's defeat (July 1755) by the French and Indians near Fort Duquesne, Lieutenant Colonel George Washington was given command of the Colonial forces on the frontier. Washington then built Fort Loudoun at Winchester and while supervising this work (1756-57) he occupied this building. During this time three companies of Virginia troops were quartered within a stockade built upon the lot to the southward. PUBLISHED BY ASHEVILLE POST CARD CO., ASHEVILLE, N. C. POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE

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Publisher	Asheville Post Card Co.
Series	W-27
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Winchester, VA
Publisher	Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville, NC
Notes	Linen texture with visible crosshatch; white border; printed number E-10243 at lower right. No postmark — unused card. Divided back with printed history text on the left and stamp box at top right; linen-textured stock with a white border (front). Publisher imprint printed vertically at center.

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George Washington's Headquarters at night, Winchester, Virginia, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/george-washingtons-headquarters-at-night-winchester-virginia. Accessed October 24, 2026.