Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-14
JEFFERSON Memorial DRY,
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There are few estates in the Union
moro happily located OF moro perfect
Is kent no than Monticello The man
sion. perched high upon a gentle slope
Of Garter mountain. gives view OF
sur0assing loneliness. Toward the
w. tho eve 0vcrlOOks a basin-like val
les taat stretches away 20 the Blue
Ridge mountains. twenty-five miles dis
tant. above which may be caught
e,,nnses of the far AllogEanics. In
fra near distance lies the town o. Char
lottesville. just beyond which IS me
University of Virginia, tGat famous IN
stitution of learning which was found
"a bv the man Who built Monticello
and lies buried but short distance
from tho mansion. The vision IS
charmed by the panorama which
stretches ~ nll directions and the Sc
lection OF this site f0r q dwelling house
shows that jefferson had a rare ap-
probation OF the beautiful
HOW IT WAS BUILT.
jefferson was born within TWO miles
OF Monticello, q, Shadweu, April 2,
1884. Sbadwell lies 20 the east between
NoCticello and Edge Hill where the
RandOlphs. who are the direct descend
ants of Jefferson. now reside. His
father. Peter Jefferson. moved 10 Abe
marie county from Chesterfield county,
Virginia. Peter Jefferson died in li5I
and left Shadwell. which included Non
ticello. to his son Thomas. The Shad-
we'll house was burned previously. and
I'm 1864 the erection Of the mansion AT
Monticello was begun There was an
enormous amount o. preparatory work
TO be- done. The apex OF the mountain
was leveled until ~ eIliptical plain OF
about ten acres was obtained. Work
men were brought from Europe TO ac-
comphsh This work, and many of them
were Italians. whose descendants sun
reside I'm the vicinity and are among
the wealthy vinsyardists there whose
vines cover the slopes of the nearby
sDurs i'm an directions. And they Sul
raise the famous Norton grape, remark
able for its wine-makins qualities,
which was first sent over from France
by Jefferson himself, when he was MN
lister to that court.
The mansion was also erected by
European artists. and in It's interior an
the three types of Grecian architecture
are reproduced. a hall being Ionic, a
room DOric. and still another CORN
THAN The mansion was built on gen
erous scales. being over a hundred feet
In q "a
OPP filled 90 with rare and precious works
of art. the sculptuary and paintings De-
ing particularly fine The library was
one of the best possessed by a private
citizen in any country, and 10000 vol
umes Of Il were sold by Jefferson to the
Government after the destruction OF the
public library In Washington by the
British The library room, like the
other living rooms. was on the nrsJ
floor. and the second story was given
up to the sleeping apartments. Inc
aDartments occupied by Jefferson and
his wife were singUlarly constructed
In an opening i'm the wall between TWO
adjoining rooms. the bed was placeu,
and the room on either side was sacred
TO IT'S particular occupant Mr.. JeIter-
son got into bed from his room and
Mrs Jefferson from hers.
BROAD AND NUMEROUS ACRES.
The state Of Monticello contains a
square mile of territory. or $40 acres
and remains now as nearly as possible
as ft vas when Thomas Jefferson died
RTbe base of the mountain is washed 10y
fthe Rivanna river, and the stream may
be followed for miles. winding in and
out among the farms and Plantations
which it makes fertile and productive
The sides of the mountain are encom-
passed by four roads sweeping around
10 and so connected with each other 10y
easy asceuts as to give a carriage-Way
almost seven miles long. The old oaks
and beeches and lindens and walnuts
many Ct which were planted by Jetter-
sons own hand tower lOftily through
the park. and the slopes of Tie noun
tain are covered with q magnificent
forest OF splendid ress The drives
and walks throughout the broad
grounds retain the original lines laid
on by jefferson, and the mansion itself
IS in no wise changed.
THE PRESENT OWNER
The estate is now owned BY Jefferson
NJ. Lovy. a gentleman OF means and
Democrat Of national reputation. Mr.
Levy inherited the state from his faith
er. Commodore Uriab p. Levy. who
purchased it in the year 1880 COmmO-
dore Levy was the senior fag officer OF
the United States navy when the wal
broke ont and. as hc remained loyal &c
the Union. Monticello was cOn6scatet
by THE Confederate government and
everything upon the estate was sold
AT the close OF the war the Levy family