Famous Colonial Houses

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MONTICELLO
“Mr. Jefferson,” said one of Rochambeau’s aides, “is the first American who has consulted the fine arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather.” With no continental travel for background, with only the meager pictorial record of the period to draw upon, he somehow responded to the simplicity and useful beauty of the classics, and translated it to his castle.
BY PAUL M. HOLLISTER
Illustrated by JAMES PRESTON
With an Introduction by JULIAN STREET
DAVID McKAY COMPANY, Publishers PHILADELPHIA, MCMXXI
Copyright, 1921, by David McKay Company
Illustrations especially engraved and printed by the Beck Engraving Company, Philadelphia