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Apr 18, 2024 · Monticello is located at 1050 Monticello Loop in Charlottesville, Virginia, about two and a half hours from Washington D.C. It’s just a short drive from downtown Charlottesville to Monticello (about five miles) and about 75 miles northwest of the Virginia capital city of Richmond.
Apr 26, 2024 · Where is Thomas Jefferson's house you ask? Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation is located in Charlottesville, VA. Directions to Monticello. Monticello is 2.5 hours from Washington DC. Some people like to do a Mount Vernon to Monticello tour. This is fun if you have the time. Monticello to Richmond is 1 hour or Monticello to Williamsburg is ...
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3 days ago · Thanks to the efforts of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which purchased the house in 1923, Monticello has been lovingly restored and preserved as it would have been in his time—a monument to a man and his genius. Walking into Monticello’s great entrance hall, you soon realize this is no ordinary home.
6 days ago · America’s third president Thomas Jefferson worked on his Virginia plantation home, Monticello, for 40 years, but this modernized replica in Somers, Connecticut took just 14 months to build.
Apr 16, 2024 · The ideas and stories of the Declaration of Independence extend far beyond Jefferson and Philadelphia in June 1776. In this video, we highlight Jefferson’s engravings of the Declaration of Independence (and his standing desk!) that have recently been installed in the Entrance Hall as part of a series of rotating exhibits.
3 days ago · Monticello, Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, Virginia In 1768, Jefferson began constructing his primary residence, Monticello, whose name in Italian means "Little Mountain", on a hilltop overlooking his 5,000-acre (20 km 2 ; 7.8 sq mi) plantation.
Apr 25, 2024 · This Is Our Home explores women, men, and children who relied on what was around them—the buildings and landscape, the household’s objects and its occupants—as they tried to fulfill their aspirations of home. They continually strove and sometimes succeeded in making their involuntary residences feel more like their own, from sweeping ...
