The Architecture of Jefferson Country: Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia

by K. Edward Lay

The great architectural significance of Albemarle County and Charlottesville, Virginia, rests, not surprisingly, on the continuing influence of Thomas Jefferson. Not only did Jefferson design the State Capitol in Richmond, his home Monticello, his country retreat Poplar Forest, and the University of Virginia; after his death, master builders continued to construct important examples of Jeffersonian classicism in Albemarle County and beyond. But what...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813918855
• ISBN13: 9780813918853
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 11.3"