Poplar Forest is one of two personal residences that Thomas Jefferson designed for himself, the other (of course) being Monticello. Despite its audacious design-it was the first octagonal residence in America-and the fact that is one of the very few extant Jeffersonian structures, Poplar Forest is not nearly so well-known today as its sibling seventy miles to the northeast. Travis McDonald, director of architectural restoration at Poplar Forest, situates the site in its rightful position as a historically important Virginia house, and documents its story as central to Jefferson's life and approach to architecture, with due consideration of the enslaved community at his western retreat--
- | Author: Travis C. Mcdonald
- | Publisher: University Of Virginia Press
- | Publication Date: May 08, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 322 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0813949637
- | ISBN-13: 9780813949635
