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JEFFERSON STARTED BUILDING MONTICELLO WHEN HE WAS 25... ...HE ADDED THE FINAL TOUCHES WHEN HE WAS 80 YEARS OLD Sources: Thomas Jefferson Foundation monticello.org) The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, by Susan R. Stein; Monticello in Measured Drawings, commentary by William L. Beiswanger; Thomas Jefferson's Monticello; Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder, by Jack McLaughlin
Jefferson's first design for Monticello was a reflection of the classical Italian architecture he had studied in books. When he began building the second, larger house, he incorporated contemporary ideas he had seen in France, such as skylights to illuminate interior spaces...
Jefferson designed even the smallest details of Monticello "with a greater eye to convenience...
...next year, 1793, saw Jefferson's retirement as Secretary of State and his withdrawal to Monticello. Like many of his temporary "resignations," this one was well timed. It meant that he did not have to express an opinion in the congressional debates on the military budget. Many of his Republican colleagues opposed the expense, as well as the principle, of having a permanent army and navy. The Federalist supporters of Adams, furthermore, desired a larger military budget in order to conduct hostilities against revolutionary France, a regime for which Jefferson felt sympathy. But by staying out of the political battle...
WHERE HIS HEART WAS How Monticello mirrored its master...