﻿February, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  spread 
  out 
  on 
  three 
  sides 
  is 
  

   probably 
  unequaled 
  any- 
  

   where 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   It 
  extends 
  over 
  the 
  undulat- 
  

   ing 
  country 
  in 
  a 
  mighty 
  

   sweep 
  to 
  the 
  Blue 
  Ridge 
  

   Mountains 
  half 
  a 
  hundred 
  

   miles 
  away 
  and 
  presents 
  a 
  

   vista 
  of 
  that 
  picturesque 
  

   range 
  for 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  

   miles. 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  mountain 
  on 
  

   the 
  apex 
  of 
  which 
  Jefferson 
  

   placed 
  his 
  residence 
  is 
  five 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  eighty 
  feet 
  

   high, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  

   cone. 
  It 
  slopes 
  eastward 
  

   one 
  and 
  one-half 
  miles 
  to 
  

   the 
  Rivanna 
  River. 
  Jef- 
  

   ferson's 
  birthplace 
  is 
  in 
  

   sight 
  of 
  the 
  portico 
  of 
  Mon- 
  

   ticello, 
  and 
  seemingly 
  

   almost 
  below 
  is 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  Virginia, 
  which 
  

   he 
  founded. 
  President 
  

   Monroe 
  lived 
  eight 
  miles 
  

   down 
  the 
  valley, 
  and 
  the 
  

   home 
  of 
  President 
  Madison 
  

   was 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  north. 
  

   From 
  the 
  cupola 
  of 
  his 
  man- 
  

   sion 
  the 
  Sage 
  of 
  Monticello 
  

  

  A 
  Nearer 
  View 
  of 
  the 
  Portico 
  

  

  could 
  gaze 
  upon 
  twelve 
  of 
  

   the 
  richest 
  counties 
  in 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia. 
  

  

  The 
  mansion 
  designed 
  by 
  

   Jefferson 
  and 
  erected 
  under 
  

   his 
  personal 
  supervision 
  has 
  

   the 
  plan 
  of 
  a 
  gigantic 
  letter 
  

   E, 
  the 
  wings 
  opening 
  west- 
  

   ward. 
  To 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  

   south 
  are 
  walks 
  or 
  prome- 
  

   nades 
  supported 
  by 
  masonry 
  

   structures 
  containing 
  ser- 
  

   vants' 
  quarters 
  and 
  storage- 
  

   rooms. 
  Masonry-wings 
  of 
  

   exactly 
  this 
  same 
  character 
  

   were 
  provided 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  

   original 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  White 
  

   House 
  at 
  Washington 
  in 
  the 
  

   shaping 
  of 
  which 
  Jefferson 
  

   had 
  a 
  hand, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  these 
  

   wings 
  or 
  terraces 
  which 
  

   were 
  restored 
  during 
  the 
  

   recent 
  reconstruction 
  of 
  the 
  

   Presidential 
  Mansion. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  lawn 
  

   before 
  the 
  house 
  at 
  Monti- 
  

   cello, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  supreme 
  

   point 
  of 
  vantage 
  for 
  the 
  

   splendid 
  semi-circular 
  pano- 
  

   rama, 
  stands 
  the 
  little 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  used 
  by 
  Jefferson 
  as 
  a 
  

   study. 
  This 
  is 
  connected 
  

  

  The 
  Slaves' 
  Quarters 
  and 
  Jefferson's 
  Office 
  Building 
  

  

  