Home of Thomas Jefferson
1769 1784
Jefferson’s bedroom © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello / Robert Lautman
North Octagonal Room, Madison’s Room © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello
Dining room © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello / Philip Beaurline
Cabinet © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello / Robert Lautman
In 1815 Thomas Jefferson sold his library, the largest one in the United States, to the Congress. In 1851, two-thirds of his books were lost in the fire. Today you can find other copies of those publications at the library of Monticello.
The armchair, 1800–1810. It belonged to Thomas Jefferson, but no one knows where exactly it was placed in the room and how it was used by its owner. Rumor has it that Jefferson sat in it while performing his duties as vice president.
A card index can be found in one of the drawers of the octahedral table.
931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, Charlottesville, VA, USA
© Wikipedia
Thomas Jefferson, an American aristocrat, diplomat and president, was the architect of a single building on which he worked throughout his life. The house was his Virginia mansion, the famed Monticello. While the look of the plantation villa was traditional, its technological side was revolutionary. The many engineering novelties included a flush toilet, dumb-waiter, a letter-copying device (a muscle-powered Xerox machine) and much else. This was, in short, the prototypical home of a mad scientist. One can imagine Jefferson torturing James Bond in one of the mansion’s great cellar spaces. Architects’ own homes, especially in the 20th century, have been laboratories of invention. Jefferson’s home is the first in this line.
Book room © Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello / Robert Lautman
