Published by GWWO, Inc. / Architects and the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association.   ISBN: 978-0-9789779-3-1.  Copyright 2007.  Hardcover with 192 pages, featuring a foreword by Washington Post architecture writer Roger K. Lewis and an epilogue by former Mount Vernon Executive Director James Rees.   Includes full lists of project credits and capital campaign contributors.    

This stunning coffee-table book tells the compelling story of the design and implementation process that produced the Ford Orientation Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at Mount Vernon.  From the earliest concept discussions in 1986 to the debut of the state-of-the-art 71,000 square foot facilities in 2006, the historic estate expanded its mission from preserving George Washington’s legacy to educating visitors dynamically about his remarkable life, character, and accomplishments.  This book documents how that mission came to be embodied in the two new buildings.