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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  February, 
  1907 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  mansion 
  by 
  a 
  walk. 
  

   In 
  the 
  rear 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  is 
  a 
  

   lawn 
  of 
  three 
  acres, 
  with 
  

   stately 
  old 
  trees 
  all 
  about 
  it. 
  

   Many 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  set 
  out 
  

   by 
  Jefferson 
  himself, 
  and 
  

   not 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  his 
  special 
  

   importations 
  from 
  Europe, 
  

   these 
  being, 
  in 
  some 
  in- 
  

   stances, 
  the 
  pioneers 
  of 
  some 
  

   populous 
  species 
  on 
  this 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  Atlantic. 
  Conspic- 
  

   uous 
  among 
  the 
  landscape- 
  

   gardening 
  features 
  are 
  the 
  

   remarkable 
  rectangular 
  

   flower-beds 
  arranged 
  b 
  y 
  

   Edmund 
  Bacon, 
  who 
  was 
  

   for 
  twenty 
  years 
  Jefferson's 
  

   overseer. 
  

  

  The 
  Monticello 
  mansion 
  

   has 
  a 
  Doric 
  order 
  of 
  Roman 
  

   architecture, 
  with 
  heavy 
  cor- 
  

   nices 
  and 
  massive 
  balus- 
  

   trades. 
  The 
  interior 
  is 
  in 
  

   the 
  Ionic 
  style. 
  The 
  front 
  

   hall 
  recedes 
  six 
  feet 
  within 
  

   the 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  and 
  

   a 
  portico 
  projects 
  about 
  

   twenty-five 
  feet, 
  with 
  stone 
  

   pillars 
  and 
  steps. 
  The 
  

   house 
  was 
  thirty-two 
  years 
  

   in 
  building. 
  Begun 
  in 
  1770, 
  

  

  it 
  was 
  not 
  completed 
  until 
  1802, 
  and 
  cost, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   account-books 
  of 
  its 
  famous 
  architect 
  and 
  builder, 
  only 
  

   $7,200 
  in 
  actual 
  outlay 
  of 
  money. 
  The 
  bricks 
  were 
  not 
  

   imported 
  from 
  England, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  

   Virginia 
  mansions, 
  but 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  by 
  the 
  

  

  Mantel 
  and 
  Doorway 
  in 
  the 
  Hall 
  

  

  The 
  Main 
  Hall 
  of 
  " 
  Monticello 
  " 
  

  

  slaves. 
  The 
  ornamental 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  brought 
  

   from 
  Philadelphia, 
  and 
  every 
  nail 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  

   was 
  forged 
  in 
  a 
  nail-factory 
  which 
  Jefferson 
  established 
  on 
  

   the 
  place. 
  

  

  Probably 
  the 
  most 
  impressive 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  great 
  hall, 
  which 
  is 
  thirty 
  

   feet 
  square 
  and 
  extends 
  to 
  

   the 
  full 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ing, 
  with 
  a 
  music-gallery 
  

   under 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  The 
  

   salon 
  where 
  Jefferson 
  was 
  

   wont 
  to 
  entertain 
  his 
  friends 
  

   has 
  a 
  floor 
  inlaid 
  in 
  satin- 
  

   wood 
  and 
  rosewood, 
  as 
  

   highly 
  polished 
  as 
  a 
  table, 
  

   and 
  cost 
  originally 
  more 
  

   than 
  $2,000. 
  Truly 
  impos- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  the 
  library, 
  which 
  

   sheltered 
  the 
  major 
  portion 
  

   of 
  Jefferson's 
  famous 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  thirteen 
  thousand 
  

   books, 
  and 
  near 
  at 
  hand 
  on 
  

   the 
  first 
  floor 
  is 
  Jefferson's 
  

   bedroom 
  where 
  he 
  died. 
  

  

  Unique 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  its 
  

   attributes 
  is 
  the 
  tea-room, 
  

   with 
  its 
  exquisite, 
  carved 
  

   white-marble 
  manteL 
  Ad- 
  

   joining 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  private 
  

   council-chamber 
  to 
  which 
  

   Jefferson 
  was 
  accustomed 
  to 
  

   invite 
  any 
  of 
  his 
  numerous 
  

   guests 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  wished 
  

   to 
  consult 
  in 
  strict 
  privacy. 
  

   Glass 
  doors 
  connect 
  this 
  

   closet-like 
  apartment 
  with 
  

   the 
  tea-room. 
  

  

  