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My pleasure.Such a beautiful home. Lucky to have been there several times. Thanks so much for sharing your photos with us.
My pleasure.Such a beautiful home. Lucky to have been there several times. Thanks so much for sharing your photos with us.
My pleasure, ma'am. I neglected pictures of the great central hall where are hung maps and specimens from the Lewis and Clark voyage of discovery and some Indian artifacts. I'll see if I can find a third-party photo and I'll post it.I see Thomas Jefferson was also a 'gadgets' guy...there is an obvious interest in, and intrigue with, science it seems going by the items in the rooms, and the ingenuity of some of them. It gives you a real insight into the man himself, I think. It is a beautiful home, and my favourite part is the alcove bed, I think. What a cool concept! Thanks for sharing @Jimklag.
Here are two photos of the front hall courtesy of the Monticello Foundation.I see Thomas Jefferson was also a 'gadgets' guy...there is an obvious interest in, and intrigue with, science it seems going by the items in the rooms, and the ingenuity of some of them. It gives you a real insight into the man himself, I think. It is a beautiful home, and my favourite part is the alcove bed, I think. What a cool concept! Thanks for sharing @Jimklag.
It is altogether a beautiful and fascinating place. I will definitely make a point of trying to visit! ThanksHere are two photos of the front hall courtesy of the Monticello Foundation.
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Note the weights to the right of the window in the lower picture. They operate the clock and will actually drop below the floor.
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I never got to see the hidden room.Here's a couple my wife took. One is of the "hidden" room upstairs where it was said the children like to play. The other is a panorama of the gardens.
I've got family connections to Monticello and to the neighboring Monroe place just down the road (Ash Lawn - Highland) so it's really special to me and I was so happy to see it last September. Just a real national treasure.
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I never got to see the hidden room.
We were in with a boatload of people. Somehow two groups got jumbled together. I had to be rude just to get the one picture I did get of the octagon room.The door to it is in the dome room and there's a ladder down. You can't go in but you can look in (as we did). I'm surprised you didn't get to see it if you took the tour that includes the dome. The wife was allowed to photograph; just no flash.
Thanks, amigoThanks @Jimklag Momticello has always been one of my favorite houses. There is just something about it. I have been there several times, and I enjoyed it every time. One of my parents good friends was a very direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson. In fact he is buried there. His name was Cary Bankhead. Of all of the family, he was chosen to go to France when they reenacted the signing of the Treaty of Paris. He is also a direct descendant of two Missouri Confederate Civil War officers. He was descended from Jefferson's daughter (a great-great-great grandson) and of the Bankhead family. I don't think the photos sucked, I liked them.
I did not know that.This is a very fine photo tour of Monticello, which I visited in the late 1970s. I'm sure it has changed somewhat since then. Did any of you know that the tombstone on Mr. Jefferson's grave is not the original? It's true. The original is not nearly so grand, and it sits on the Francis quadrangle of the University of Missouri to this day. I am not entirely sure why this happened, but I speculate it is because the University of Missouri is one of the first land grant colleges in the Louisiana Purchase. I assume the U of MO asked for the older monument stone and got it. Regardless, there it is, for all to see, right out there on the quadrangle.
Here's a link for those who want to see and read abput Jefferson's "other" tombstone at the University of Missouri. Thanks, @Patrick H .This is a very fine photo tour of Monticello, which I visMissouri.bthanks, @Pat late 1970s. I'm sure it has changed somewhat since then. Did any of you know that the tombstone on Mr. Jefferson's grave is not the original? It's true. The original is not nearly so grand, and it sits on the Francis quadrangle of the University of Missouri to this day. I am not entirely sure why this happened, but I speculate it is because the University of Missouri is one of the first land grant colleges in the Louisiana Purchase. I assume the U of MO asked for the older monument stone and got it. Regardless, there it is, for all to see, right out there on the quadrangle.
Thanks @Jimklag Momticello has always been one of my favorite houses. There is just something about it. I have been there several times, and I enjoyed it every time. One of my parents good friends was a very direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson. In fact he is buried there. His name was Cary Bankhead. Of all of the family, he was chosen to go to France when they reenacted the signing of the Treaty of Paris. He is also a direct descendant of two Missouri Confederate Civil War officers. He was descended from Jefferson's daughter (a great-great-great grandson) and of the Bankhead family. I don't think the photos sucked, I liked them.