Monticello’s Dome
Thomas Jefferson began the long, tedious job of building his dream house in 1770 at the age of twenty-five. Along with being a congressman, and the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was also the architect of Monticello. The original Monticello was built to take on conventional Palladian features. However, as Jefferson’s public career kept him away from Monticello for long periods of time, including five years spent as the nation’s representative to France, Monticello’s design began to change. In this report I will concentrate on the dome, one of the major additions. I will quickly tell you a little background information of Monticello. Monticello is located near Charlottesville, Virginia on a hill that stands 867 feet above sea level. “When standing on top if the mountain, if one looks eat from the house over the Rivanna River to the gentle hills of Albemarle County. Facing the west one can spend hours watching the shifting light patterns on the Blue Ridge Mountains. And if one stands on the north terrace, one can see the University of Virginia” (Urofsky 21). Following Peter Jefferson’s (Thomas Jefferson’s father) death, Thomas Jefferson was given a large amount of land, including several in Albemarle County
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