Poplar Forest - Revision history

http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&action=history&feed=atom Poplar Forest - Revision history 2013-05-19T01:45:18Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.8.2 http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=9702&oldid=prev ABerkes at 14:41, 21 May 2009 2009-05-21T14:41:08Z

<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 14:41, 21 May 2009</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]. </ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]. </ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s [[Jefferson's Cause of Death|death]] in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[http://www.poplarforest.org/ </span>Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">]</span>, a nonprofit foundation created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s [[Jefferson's Cause of Death|death]] in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, a nonprofit foundation created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 14:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 14:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">*[http://www.poplarforest.org/ Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources]</td></tr> </table>

ABerkes http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=8363&oldid=prev Bcraig at 18:35, 17 November 2008 2008-11-17T18:35:16Z

<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 18:35, 17 November 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]. </ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]. </ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the [http://www.poplarforest.org/ Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest], a nonprofit foundation created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[[Jefferson's Cause of Death|</span>death<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">]] </span>in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the [http://www.poplarforest.org/ Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest], a nonprofit foundation created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td></tr> </table>

Bcraig http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=8362&oldid=prev Bcraig: Reformat 2008-11-17T18:33:45Z

<p>Reformat</p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 18:33, 17 November 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]. </ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]. </ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, a </span>[http://www.poplarforest.org/ nonprofit foundation<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">] </span>created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the [http://www.poplarforest.org/ <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest], a </span>nonprofit foundation created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td></tr> </table>

Bcraig http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=8361&oldid=prev Bcraig at 18:32, 17 November 2008 2008-11-17T18:32:13Z

<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 18:32, 17 November 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">'''Poplar Forest''', located in Bedford County, Virginia, was designed and built by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and was used as his personal retreat. William Stith originally patented the property in the first half of the eighteenth century, and is most likely the person who gave it its name. In 1764, [[John Wayles]], Thomas Jefferson’s father-in-law, purchased the property from Col. P. Randolph, and in 1773, [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha Jefferson]] inherited it from her father upon his death.<ref>S. Allen Chambers, Jr. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=4477 ''Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson''] (Little Compton, RI: Fort Church Publishers, Inc., 1993), 3-4.</ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">'''Poplar Forest''', located in Bedford County, Virginia, was designed and built by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and was used as his personal retreat. William Stith originally patented the property in the first half of the eighteenth century, and is most likely the person who gave it its name. In 1764, [[John Wayles]], Thomas Jefferson’s father-in-law, purchased the property from Col. P. Randolph, and in 1773, [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha Jefferson]] inherited it from her father upon his death.<ref>S. Allen Chambers, Jr. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=4477 ''Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson''] (Little Compton, RI: Fort Church Publishers, Inc., 1993), 3-4.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">The Virginia Department of Historic Resources webpage. </span>www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.</ref> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[http://</span>www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">.The Virginia Department of Historic Resources]</span>. </ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, a [http://www.poplarforest.org/ nonprofit foundation] created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, a [http://www.poplarforest.org/ nonprofit foundation] created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 15:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 15:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">*[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_agO6:: Historic American Building Survey]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">*[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_agO6:: Historic American Building Survey]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Architecture]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Architecture]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Places]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Places]]</td></tr> </table>

Bcraig http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=7898&oldid=prev Bcraig at 18:29, 21 October 2008 2008-10-21T18:29:31Z

<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 18:29, 21 October 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 15:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 15:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">report</span>]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_agO6:: Historic American Building Survey]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_agO6:: Historic American Building Survey]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table>

Bcraig http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=7260&oldid=prev Bcraig at 13:18, 20 August 2008 2008-08-20T13:18:44Z

<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 13:18, 20 August 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 5:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>The Virginia Department of Historic Resources webpage. www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.</ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>The Virginia Department of Historic Resources webpage. www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, a nonprofit foundation created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">Following Jefferson’s death in 1826, the property was willed to his grandson, [[Francis Wayles Eppes|Francis Eppes]], who sold it two years later, in 1828. The property was purchased by the Cobbs-Hutter family, who owned it for more than a century, before selling it in 1946. In 1984 the Corporation for Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, a <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[http://www.poplarforest.org/ </span>nonprofit foundation<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">] </span>created specifically to protect and restore the property and to make it open to the public, purchased Poplar Forest.<ref>Chambers, xiii.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Footnotes==</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 14:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 14:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">==Further Sources==</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">*Poplar Forest Website http://www.poplarforest.org/</td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources report]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources report]</td></tr> </table>

Bcraig http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=6302&oldid=prev ABerkes at 20:23, 12 March 2008 2008-03-12T20:23:30Z

<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 20:23, 12 March 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 1:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Image:poplar2.jpg|right]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Image:poplar2.jpg|right]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;">'''Poplar Forest'''<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><ref>This article is based on Lucia S. Goodwin</span>, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=6123 ''Monticello Keepsake''], April 12, 1985.</ref> </span>located in Bedford County, Virginia, was <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">owned </span>by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and was used as his personal retreat. William Stith originally patented the property in the first half of the eighteenth century, and is most likely the person who gave it its name. In 1764, John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson’s father-in-law, purchased the property from Col. P. Randolph, and in 1773, [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha Jefferson]] inherited it from her father upon his death.<ref>S. Allen Chambers, Jr. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=4477 ''Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson''] (Little Compton, RI: Fort Church Publishers, Inc., 1993), 3-4.</ref> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">'''Poplar Forest''', located in Bedford County, Virginia, was <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">designed and built </span>by [[Thomas Jefferson]] and was used as his personal retreat. William Stith originally patented the property in the first half of the eighteenth century, and is most likely the person who gave it its name. In 1764, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[[</span>John Wayles<span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">]]</span>, Thomas Jefferson’s father-in-law, purchased the property from Col. P. Randolph, and in 1773, [[Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson|Martha Jefferson]] inherited it from her father upon his death.<ref>S. Allen Chambers, Jr. [http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=4477 ''Poplar Forest and Thomas Jefferson''] (Little Compton, RI: Fort Church Publishers, Inc., 1993), 3-4.</ref> </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>The Virginia Department of Historic Resources webpage. www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.</ref> </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">Thomas Jefferson began building the house at Poplar Forest in 1806 and finished it in 1809. Constructed of brick, it is octagonal in shape and has pedimented porticoes on low arcades at the north and south facades. The interior was rebuilt following a fire in 1845; thus, only the walls, chimneys, and columns are original. Although interior woodwork is not original, the house follows the same floor-plan as designed by Jefferson. In addition to the main house, the original separate kitchen, as well as the smokehouse and two octagonal outhouses still exist.<ref>The Virginia Department of Historic Resources webpage. www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/counties/bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_final_nomination.pdf.</ref> </td></tr> </table>

ABerkes http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Poplar_Forest&diff=6299&oldid=prev ABerkes at 19:43, 12 March 2008 2008-03-12T19:43:23Z

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<p><span class="autocomment">Further Sources</span></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 17:06, 29 January 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 289:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 289:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources report]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">* [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources report]</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;">* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~ammem_agO6:: Historic American Building Survey]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Architecture]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Architecture]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Places]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Places]]</td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 17:01, 29 January 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 288:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 288:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*Poplar Forest Website http://www.poplarforest.org/</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*Poplar Forest Website http://www.poplarforest.org/</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">*[http://tjportal.monticello.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&SAB1=Poplar+Forest&BOOL1=as+a+phrase&FLD1=Title%2C+Author+%26+Subject+%28TASS%29&GRP1=AND+with+next+set&SAB2=&BOOL2=all+of+these&FLD2=Keyword+Anywhere+%28GKEY%29&CNT=50 Look for sources in the Thomas Jefferson Portal]</td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">+ </span>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources report]</td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">* </span>[http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Bedford/009-0027_Poplar_Forest_1969_Final_Nomination.pdf Virginia Department of Historic Resources report]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Architecture]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Architecture]]</td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Places]]</td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;">[[Category:Places]]</td></tr> </table>

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