Search results
Coordinates: 37°20′53.736″N 79°15′53.8194″W. Poplar Forest is a plantation and retreat home in Forest, Virginia, United States, that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third U.S. president. Jefferson inherited the property in 1773 and began designing and working on his retreat home in 1806.
Nov 30, 2022 · Francis Eppes inherits Poplar Forest from his grandfather Thomas Jefferson. At this time, Poplar Forest consists of 1,000 acres. Its fields, which produce wheat and tobacco, are worked by ninety-four slaves.
Visiting Poplar Forest offers a unique opportunity to hear the stories of Jefferson's family, the free and enslaved craftsmen who built the historic masterpiece and the enslaved people who lived and labored on the plantation. Come explore the world of Thomas Jefferson at his most private retreat.
People also ask
Is Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest a National Historic Landmark?
Where is Poplar Forest?
Who built Poplar Forest?
Who owned Poplar Forest?
Mar 1, 2016 · Poplar Forest, State Route 661, Forest, Bedford County, VA. Measured drawings and photographs of Poplar Forest produced by the Historic American Buildings Survey. Look for further sources on Poplar Forest in the Thomas Jefferson Portal.
This new path, which leads visitors to Jefferson’s retreat home, offers a new way to experience Poplar Forest and explore more than 600 acres of the original landscape, all from your car or by foot along our new trails. Limited public parking is available just beyond our new entrance at 1776 Poplar Forest Parkway, Lynchburg, VA 24502.
Created: October 3, 2013. Publisher: Google. Virtual Tour of Poplar Forest. This is a virtual tour of Poplar Forest, Thomas Jefferson's Bedford County villa retreat, which he built over the course of two decades, from 1806 until his death in 1826.
A red line superimposed over a map of Virginia traces the seventy-mile route Thomas Jefferson regularly took from Monticello in Albemarle County to Poplar Forest, his villa retreat in Bedford County. Jefferson made the three-day trip on horseback or in a carriage. FEATURED IN. Poplar Forest.
