Harrison Howell Dodge

Harrison Howell Dodge (31 ga Maris, 1852 - 20 ga Mayu, 1937) shi ne mai kula da mazaunin George Washington a Dutsen Vernon . A cikin shekaru 52 da ya yi na kula da dukiyar, ya ninka girman wurin sau biyu, ya inganta filin, kuma ya kara kayan tarihi da yawa ga tarin a can. 

 Farkon rayuwar iyali 
An haifi Dodge a ranar 31 ga Maris, 1852, a Washington, DC. Da yake bai kai shekara ba a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka, ya taimaka a gonar kawunsa a Maryland a lokacin rikici. Dodge ta kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Columbian, wanda daga baya aka sake masa suna Jami'ar George Washington.

 Ayyukan banki da na malamai 
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga kwaleji, Dodge ya yi aiki a gidan banki na Wall Street na Jay Cooke & kamfanin, har sai wannan kamfani ya rushe a lokacin Tsoro na 1873. Ya koma Washington, DC, inda ya shafe shekara ta 1874 yana yin lissafin rikodin majalisa. Ya yi aiki daga 1874 zuwa 1877 tare da kwamishinoni na asusun nutsewa kafin ya yarda da matsayi a Riggs &amp; Co. (1877-1885).  A can, magatakarda na dogon lokaci ya sami suna don bayanan da aka yi da kyau, wanda ya taimaka masa ya sami matsayin da Dodge ya rike na shekaru hamsin masu zuwa. 

 Mai kula 
A shekara ta 1885, masu mulki na The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association (MVLA) sun nada Dodge a matsayin magajin John McHenry Hollingsworth, wanda ya gaji wanda ya kafa MVLA Ann Pamela Cunningham a shekara ta 1872. Rashin lafiya na kasa a cikin 1882-1883 ya sa yawon bude ido ya ragu. Hanyar Hollingsworth wanda ba mazaunin ba na magance raguwar kudaden shiga ya fara ware ma'aikatan (wanda kuma dole ne ya magance lalata da lalacewar yanayi na shafin tarihi mai laushi) sannan kuma masu mulki na MVLA. Koyaya, tafiyarsa ta kasance mai sauƙi fiye da ficewar Cunningham.[1] Dodge ya kuma gaji Hollingsworth a matsayin Mai kula da gidan waya na Mount Vernon. Shugaban Amurka Grover Cleveland ya nada Dodge a matsayin na ƙarshe, kuma Shugabannin da suka biyo baya sun sake nada shi har zuwa mutuwarsa. [2][3]￼

Yayinda yake gudanar da Dutsen Vernon, ban da ayyukansa na farko na kula da baƙi zuwa wurin tarihi da kuma gudanar da gonar, Dodge ya sake nazarin rubuce-rubucen George Washington game da dukiyar. Dodge ya kuma ziyarci wasu lambuna na zamanin mulkin mallaka kuma ya yi tafiya zuwa Ingila don ganin lambuna a can tun daga zamanin Georgian. Yin amfani da wannan ilimin, Dodge ya kula da maido da shafin kuma ya sanya wasu ci gaba da Washington ta shirya amma ba ta aiwatar da su ba.Staff. "COL. HARRISON DODGE, MT. VERNON CUSTODIAN; Superintendent of Washington's Home Since 1885--Made Many Improvements", The New York Times, May 21, 1937. Accessed July 24, 2010. Charles Wilson Killam ne ya kammala wannan aikin sabuntawa daga 1932 zuwa 1935. Dodge da mataimakin mai kula da D." id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="LL.D.">LL." id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Wall">Charles Wall, wanda aka hayar a 1929, sun juya suna barci a matsayin masu tsaro a gidan manor.  Littafin Dodge na 1932 Mount Vernon: Mai shi da Labarinsa, tare da gabatarwa daga Owen Wister, ya ba da labarai da yawa game da Washington da gidansa, gami da cikakkun bayanai game da murfin dafa abinci wanda Washington ta tsara da kuma gano wuka mai aljihu wanda ya kasance na Washington a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa. An ce wuka ya taka rawar gani a Valley Forge wajen shawo kan janar din ya ci gaba a matsayin shugaban Sojojin Continental a daya daga cikin kwanakin da suka fi duhu. Jami'ar George Washington ta amince da Harrison Howell Dodge a 1931 tare da LL mai daraja. D. digiri.

 Mutuwa da gado 
Dodge ya mutu yana da shekaru 85 a ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1937, a asibitin Garfield a Washington, DC. Matarsa, tsohuwar Elizabeth Knowlton, da biyu daga cikin 'ya'yansa mata huɗu sun tsira. Charles Wall ne ya gaje shi a matsayin mai kula da mazaunin a shekarar 1937, wanda ya ci gaba da ci gaba da yawa ga filayen da gine-ginen da Dodge ya fara. An binne shi a makabartar Cocin Pohick, inda ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a matsayin vestryman.