A beautiful day and a very professional tour of the property. Thomas Jefferson was an extraordinary American and his home reflects that. He thought of himself as a scientist, a vast difference from out thoughts of him as a revolutionary, statesman, and chief executive. The slave and tradesman quarters are just archeological remains and what is left of their foundations overlook the vegetable gardens shown above. Jefferson died broke and his plantation and all his possessions including his slaves were auctioned off after his death. We owe it to the Levy family who purchased just the house for the preservation of the building. They maintained it in its original condition for almost 100 years before selling to the preservation trust in the 1930's.
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