The site is located at Ferry Farm, just across the Rappahannock River from Fredericksburg, Va., about 50 miles south of Washington.
Philip Levy, associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, found evidence that the house was a one-and-a-half-story residence perched on a bluff overlooking the river.
“If George Washington did indeed chop down a cherry tree, as generations of Americans have believed, this is where it happened,” said Levy.
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