Editing Greenhouse (section)

=== 18th century ===
Andrew Faneuil, a prosperous Boston merchant, built the first American greenhouse in 1737.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greenhouse Manual |url=https://www.usbg.gov/sites/default/files/usbg-greenhouse_manual.pdf |publisher=US Botanical Garden}}</ref>

[[File:Washington's greenhouse.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction of George Washington's greenhouse at Mount Vernon]]

When returning to [[Mount Vernon]] after the war, [[George Washington]] learned of the greenhouse built at the Carroll estate of [[Mount Clare (Maryland)]].   It was designed by Margaret Tilghman Carroll, an industrious gardener who cultivated citrus trees in this orangery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tclf.org/pioneer/margaret-tilghman-carroll|title=Margaret Tilghman Carroll &#124; TCLF|website=www.tclf.org}}</ref>
In 1784 Washington wrote requesting details about the design of her greenhouse, and she complied.  Washington wrote:

{{blockquote|text=I shall essay the finishing of my greenhouse this fall, but find that neither myself, nor any person about me is so well skilled in the internal constructions as to proceed without a probability at least of running into errors. Shall I for this reason, ask the favor of you to give me a short description of the Green-house at Mrs. Carrolls? I am persuaded, now that I planned mine on too contracted a scale. My house is (of Brick) 40 feet by 24, in the outer dimensions …<ref>{{cite web |title=Founders Online |url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-02-02-0032 |publisher=National Archives}}</ref>}}