Monticello - Home of Thomas Jefferson

(Charlottesville, VA) Hi 78  Lo 64

 I took the day to see Monticello .  I had no idea of size of this place.  You park below the visitor center that has many buildings.  There is a full cafe, theater to watch a movie about Jefferson, art gallery, museum store, and discovery center. After getting your tickets you then go up a level to the shuttle bus.  Everyone has a tour time on their ticket.  That's when you go through the house.  No pictures are allowed in the house.   His vegetable garden was a 1000 ft terrace.  The 2 acre garden is divided into 24 growing plots.

You could seen for miles and miles.  

The next nine pics are found in the basement of the house.  There is just so much to see and no way I could even try to explain it all.

The first is one of the two privies.      Storage Cellar                           Bottles unearthed

Third pic is the cooks room.

Here is the kitchen.  This map shows the house with all the rooms.  Both extensions from the house are in the basement area.  It is that way so that all the workers and work being done are not seen.  

 This pond was used to stock fish for the meals.

This was his garden pavilion.  The original one was blown down in a storm and this one was redone from all the detailed notes that Jefferson kept.