Thomas Jefferson’s most intimate and idealistic work of domestic
architecture was mostly unknown in his time and in ours. Poplar
Forest was Jefferson’s retreat for fourteen years and represents a
large missing chapter of his retirement, as well as the missing link in
understanding his life as an architect and builder.
For ten years the architectural gem was crafted by enslaved joiner John Hemings and his three nephew apprentices, Jefferson’s unacknowledged bi-racial sons.
Poplar Forest was their masterpiece as well as Jefferson’s.
Join Travis McDonald, Director of Architectural Restoration at Poplar
Forest, who will discuss what the award-winning restoration of
the plantation has revealed about Jefferson’s characteristics as an
accomplished architect and builder.
This lecture is presented by the University of Virginia Society of
Architectural Historians (UVASAH).
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