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Monticello in Charlottesville
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QUICK FACTS
- Falling in love with the Hôtel de Salm (now the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur) while he was in Paris, Jefferson returned to Monticello in late 1789 and began to consider redesigning his home. In 1796 he began work to knock down the the exterior walls of Monticello to double the interior space, add a dome, and add a portico with four columns.
LINKS
- SITE: Monticello
- SITE: Virginia.org
BOOKS
- Jack McGlaughlin, Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder (1988).
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