Monticello Sentence Examples
Monticello, Jefferson's home, is still standing about 2 m.
The postal authorities objected to the name Monticello, originally used, and Mount Vernon was adopted instead.
Though not personally extravagant, his salary, and the small income from his large estates, never sufficed to meet his generous maintenance of his representative position; and after his retirement from public life the numerous visitors to Monticello consumed the remnants of his property.
Montpelier, like Jefferson's Monticello and Monroe's Oak-Hill, was an expensive bit of "gentleman farming," which with his generous Virginia hospitality nearly ruined its owner financially.
George Rogers Clark was born near Monticello.
For attractions, you can visit the various Visitors' Bureaus located in St. Cloud, Monticello, Minneapolish and St. Paul.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is located in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Jefferson had a great appreciation for Neoclassical architecture, especially Italian Renaissance designs, so it's no wonder that he designed his home, Monticello, using many of the classical architectural features.
Today's Monticello isn't the original design of 1768-9.
Jefferson was excited to make changes to Monticello when he returned to America upon accepting the position as the first Secretary of the State.
AdvertisementIn 1794, he began the monumental project of the grand remodeling of Monticello.
Some of the significant changes that Jefferson made to Monticello were immediately obvious.
To get an idea of how massive the remodeling was, the First Monticello had 14 rooms.
When you visit Monticello, one of the first things that will be pointed out to you is the one-hand clock that hangs on the outside wall of the East entrance portico.
Other noteworthy items are preserved inside Monticello, waiting for you to discover.
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