Monticello- Charlottesville, VA- Shelia's FHA01

"Often described as one of our country's foremost architectural masterpieces, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is a reflection of its creator's ingenuity and breadth of interests. For more than forty years Jefferson continued to build and rebuild what he called his "essay in architecture." For the design of Monticello, Jefferson drew from both the buildings of ancient Ropme and the neoclassical residences of Paris, which he studied first-hand while he was in France from 1784-1789. The dome, the first built on an American house, was based on the Roman temple of Vesta. Since 1923, Monticello has been preserved as a public monument. Restoration, research and educational projects continue today throughout the house and grounds."