Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-05

story and attic and built instead the Roman
dome which we see today.
THE exterior Of the mansion Is Of the Doric
order of Grecian architecture with heavy
cornces and balustrades. Its rooms are fin
ished in the Ionic, with tassellated floors. JEFF
fersons guests learned the geography of the
country in which they visited from a compass
In the ceiling of the portico. Entrance from
the pcrtico is into a hall the height of the
hou.e and flooded with light from the dome.
with passages leading to the end Of the build
ing. Solid mahogany doors open from the
hail into the beautiful drawing ROOM with its
walls finished in inlaid satin and rosewood.
The floor is in 10-inch squares of wild cherry
polished to the color Of mahogany Projecting
20 feet beyond the body of the house, the room
is covered by portico Of one story. Among the
particularly interesting features of the mansion
are the chandeliers, which, according to trad1-
ton, belonged first to the Empress Josephine
and hung at Malmaison.
Jefferson's bed room is connected with Mrs.
Jefferson's room by a broad arch. in which
stood bed feet wide. Half CT it extended
into Mr.. JefIerson's room and the other half
in Mrs Jef1erson'S.
Monticello was a mecca for Americans and
foreigners alike and from the writings CT Mr..
Jefferson's granddaughter We learn that some-
times so unexpected guests would have to be
prepared for in the course OF one day. Jef1er-
son is said to have spent 796 days at Monticello
during his two terms as President, but after his
greatness he knew but little private life.
Nctables of the Revolutionary era entertained
at Monticello included Lafayette, Kosciuszko,
La Rochefoucauld Washington Madison. Mon
roe and many others. Constant entertaining
impoverished jefferson, and Monticello, with its
all roI,t HOa1t
six months after his death. 1t IS now the
property of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Foundation.
Jefferson is buried in the old graveyard mid
way between the entrance to the estate and
the house True to his promise, he sleeps
close beside his friend, Dabney Carr, under the
shade OF gigantic tree, which had made
the spot their favorite study and resting place.
The monument marking Jefferson's grave IS
Inscribed according t. his expressed wishes and
reads simply: Here was buried Thomas Jeffer-
son, Author of the Declaration Of American
independence, Of the Statute Of Virginia for
Religious Freedom and Father Of the Uni, ersity
Of Virginia"
\ IONTPEILER, the home OF James Madison
M in Orange County. Va. Is unrivalled by
any other place in the State In its setting. its
view and its present development, which has
somewhat outgrown the original plans of its
builder It derived its name from Montpelier.
France and was invariably spelled with the
double q" by the Madison family. Built by
James Madison, ST, in 1756, It was the first
brick dwelling in that locality. It is described
as q plain rectangular structure cut in half
by a wide hail. on either side Of which there
were two rooms
James Madison and Mrs. Dorothy Payne
Todd were married in 17s4. Fifteen years later
the house was remodeled. and wing was
finally added to each side. William Thornton.
who drew the first accepted plans Of the United
States Capitol, directed the hrst addition, whose