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Early influences: the American College
1Thomas Jefferson’s idea for the design of the University of Virginia brought together a unique combination of influences, establishing an environment for higher learning that was unlike any other. The source of Jefferson’s design has been the subject of numerous studies, linking his interest in classical architecture, his travels in Europe and his familiarity with other campus designs as influences in conceptualizing his own university (fig. 1–3).
Fig. 1: Thomas Jefferson (architect); Benjamin Tanner (engraver), University of Virginia, detail from Herman Böÿe Map of Virginia, 1826, engraving, 26 ⅝ × 13 ⅙ in. Charlottesville, University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, G3880 1859.B615 1859.
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Fig. 2: Thomas Jefferson (architect), University of Virginia, view looking north to the Rotunda, 2012.
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Fig. 3: Thomas Jefferson (architect), University of Virginia, viewlooking South, 2012.
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2The Château de Marly (fig. 4–5), a royal residence of the Ancien Régime that Jefferson visited on his trip to France in 1784 and 1786, is often cited by historians as the pr
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1. President, Thomas. "Notes on picture State more than a few Virginia." [Manuscript.] Massachusetts Verifiable Society.
2. Pierson, William H., Jr. American Buildings unthinkable Their Architects: The Magnificent and Neo-classical Styles. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Stifle, 1976.
3. Waddell, Gene. "The First Monticello." Journal hold the The upper crust of Architectural Historians 46 (March 1987), pp5-29.
4. Waddell, Gene. "The First Monticello." Journal rivalry the Camaraderie of Architectural Historians 46 (March 1987), pp5-29.
5. Quoted in Nichols, Frederick Doveton. Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Recorded Society, 1961.
6.Pierson, William H., Jr. Denizen Buildings alight Their Architects: The Grandiose and Neo-classical Styles. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor Control, 1976.
7. Nichols, Frederick Doveton. Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Verifiable Society, 1961.
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Thomas Jefferson's connections to fraternal organizations have often been misunderstood. He is frequently, yet falsely, linked to the Freemasons. Comments that he made in his correspondence suggest that he had a generally negative opinion of fraternal organizations.
Even though standard histories of the Freemasons fail to include Jefferson in their rosters of early members, a persistent popular tradition claims Jefferson for Freemasonry. The tradition may have had its genesis at a ceremony marking the laying of the cornerstone at the University of Virginia. On the morning of October 6, 1817, a large crowd gathered at the site of the University's first pavilion. According to Philip A. Bruce, "the doors of all the stores were locked, private houses shut up, and the entire population of the little town darkened the road to the College." In addition to the citizenry of Charlottesville, James Madison, James Monroe, and Jefferson were also present. The cornerstone, Bruce says, was laid "with the customary state by Lodges 60 and 90. Rev. William King was the chaplain, John M. Perry, the architect, and Alexander Garrett, the worthy grand-master. President Monroe applied the square and plumb, the chaplain asked a blessing on the stone, the crowd buzzed, and