Restoration May Polish Montpelier's Reputation; Work Aims to Raise Madison's Profile

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 4, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Of all the Founding Fathers, James Madison might be the least celebrated. Shy, short and intellectual, Madison lacked George Washington's stoic charisma, Thomas Jefferson's grace and idealism and John Adams's bombast and ambition.

Madison's estate, Montpelier, similarly has been overlooked. Located on 2,650 acres of rolling horse country near Orange, a town about 20 miles northeast of Charlottesville, Montpelier has never drawn the tourists and attention that descend on Jefferson's Monticello or Washington's Mount Vernon. An army of preservationists, architects and carpenters hopes to change ...

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