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Years later, he would become an accomplished architect whose designs included the Rosetta Stone language Virginia state capitol and the main buildings at the University of Virginia.Monticello was unique not only in its design but also in its use of local resources. At a time when most brick was still imported from England, Jefferson chose to mold and bake his own bricks with clay found on the property. Monticellos grounds provided most of the lumber, stone and limestone, and even the nails used to construct the buildings were manufactured on site.The Second MonticelloIn 1770, the family house at Shadwell burned down, forcing Jefferson to move into Monticellos South Pavilion, an outbuilding, until the main house was completed. Two years later, he was joined by his new bride, Martha Wayles Skelton, the 23-year-old widowed daughter of a prominent Virginia lawyer. The couple had six children together, two of whom Cheap Rosetta Stone Spanish lived to adulthood, before Marthas death in 1782. Devastated by the loss of his wife, Jefferson moved to France, where he served as the U.S. ambassador from 1785 to 1789. He was immediately struck by the architecture of the buildings there, particularly a certain Paris home with a U-shaped design, colonnades and a domed roof. Along with a massive trove of art, furniture and books, he returned home with a new vision for the estate. Among other enhancements, he added a central hallway, a mezzanine bedroom floor and an octagonal domethe first of its kind in the United States.InteractivesExplore Thomas Jefferson's MonticelloThis second Monticello was double the size of its original incarnation, designed to accommodate not only Jeffersons steady stream of houseguests but also his boundless Rosetta Stone America English collections of books, European art, Native American artifacts, natural specimens and mementos from his travels.

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