29-28Thomas Jefferson,Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1770–1806.
Jefferson led the movement to adopt Neoclassicism as the architectural style of the United States. Although built of local materials, his Palladian
Virginia home recalls Chiswick House (FIG. 29-26).
29-29Thomas Jefferson,Rotunda and Lawn, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1819–1826.
Modeled on the Pantheon (FIG. 10-49), Jefferson’s Rotunda, like a temple in a Roman forum, sits on an elevated platform overlooking the colonnaded
Lawn of the University of Virginia.