An intelligent interest in architecture a bibliography of publications about Thomas Jefferson as an architect, together with an iconography of the nineteenth-century prints of the University of Virginia |
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The Bibliography
Note: Subsequent reprints and editions are cited under the first edition of a
work. A chronological reference to each reprint or edition is made under the
proper year using only the author's name, or title when there is no author,
and the year of the original edition. Within each year the citations are
arranged alphabetically.
1786
Chastellux, François Jean, Marquis de. Voyages dans l'Amérique septentrionale
dans les années 1780, 1781 & 1782. 2 vols. Paris: Prault, 1786.
II, 32-40. 2nd ed., 1788-91. English ed., Travels in North-America, tr.
by an English Gentleman [George Grieve], 2 vols., London: G. G. J. and
J. Robinson, 1787, II, 40-51. Irish ed., Dublin, 1787, 1807. American
eds., New York, 1827; tr. by Howard C. Rice, Jr., 2 vols., Chapel Hill,
N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1963. The much truncated
[and pirated?] ed. of 1785 does not seem to carry the pertinent pages.
The subsequent editions contain one of the best known and one of the
earliest tributes to Jefferson's powers as an architect.
1787
Chastellux. See 1786.
1788-91
Chastellux. See 1786.
1801
"Monticello," Philadelphia Repository, [Feb. 28, 1801], [5].
1803
"Description of Monticello, the Country Seat of Thomas Jefferson, Esq.,
President of the United States—Written by an Englishman, in 1796,"
Medley, or Monthly Magazine, May, 1803, pp. 99-100.
1807
Chastellux. See 1786.
1809
Caldwell, J. E. A Tour through Part of Virginia, in the Summer of 1808. In
a Series of Letters, Including an Account of Harpers Ferry, the Natural
Bridge, the New Discovery Called Weir's Cave, Monticello, and the
Different Medicinal Springs, Hot and Cold Baths, Visited by the Author.
New York: The Author, 1809. pp. 26-29. 2nd ed., 1810. 3rd ed., William
M. E. Rachal, ed., Richmond: Dietz Press, 1951. "The internal of
[Monticello] contains specimens of all the different orders, except the
composite, which is not introduced; the hall is in the Ionic, the dining
room in the Doric, the parlour, in the Corinthian, and dome in the Attic;
in the other rooms are introduced several different forms of these orders,
all in the truest proportions, according to Palladio" (p. 27). "The only
manufactories at present carried on by [Jefferson], are at Bedford, of
Smith's work, and at Monticello a nailery, the latter conducted by boys"
(p. 29).
1810
Caldwell. See 1809.
1820
[Everett, Edward]. "Art. VII—Proceedings and Report of the Commissioners
for the University of Virginia, Presented 8th December 1818," North
American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, XXVI (Jan., 1820),
115-37. An early description and criticism of the University of Virginia.
1827
Chastellux. See 1786.
1828
Bernhard, Karl, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Reise Sr. Hoheit des Herzogs
Bernhard zu Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach durch Nord-Amerika in den
Jahren 1825 und 1826. 2 vols. in 1. Weimar: Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1828.
pp. 295-99, 301. American ed., Travels through North America during
1825 and 1826, 2 vols. in 1, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Carey, 1828,
pp. 196-201. "The Buildings [of the University of Virginia] are all new,
and yet some of them seem to threaten to fall in, which may be the case
with several others also, being chiefly built of wood. . . . the ten
buildings on the right and left are not at all regularly built, but each of
them in a different manner, which prevents it from having a beautiful
and majestic appearance. . . . the garden walls of the lateral buildings
are also crooked lines, which gives them a singular but handsome
appearance. . . . The University is situated on a hill in a healthy
situation, and there is a very fine view of the Blue Ridge" (pp. 196-201,
Amer. ed.).
Catalogue of the Library of the University Arranged Alphabetically. Charlottesville,
Va.: Gilmer, Davis, 1828. Facsimile ed., Charlottesville, Va.:
Alderman Library, 1945. See especially Chapter XXVIII, "Architecture,
Designing, Painting, Sculpture, and Music" (pp. 89-90), for purchases
from Jefferson's want list for books for the University.
1829
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, ed. Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private
Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Late President of the United States. 4 vols.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829. passim. Described
as being "now first published from the original manuscripts."
1832
Rayner, B. L. Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas
Jefferson with Selections of the Most Valuable Portions of His Volumi-
Boardman, 1832. pp. 522-42; illus., opp. p. 422. 2nd ed., 1834, pp.
397-420. "The plan of the University was unique, in its superstructure,
in its intellectual régime, and its general organization. It was original
with Mr. Jefferson—the offspring of his genius" (p. 537, 1st ed.).
1834
Dunlap, William. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in
the United States. 2 vols., New York: George P. Scott, 1834. II, 375, 379,
380. 2nd ed., 2 vols., Boston: C. E. Goodspeed, 1918. An exposition of
the relations between Jefferson and Latrobe.
Rayner. See 1832.
1838
Martineau, Harriet. Retrospect of Western Travel. 3 vols., London: Saunders
and Otley, 1838. II, 19-35. Contains an 1834 description of the
University of Virginia.
1845
Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of
the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes,
etc. Relating to Its History and Antiquities . . . Charleston, S.C.:
Babcock, 1845. pp. 164-65; illus. 2nd ed., 1849. 3rd ed., 1852.
1848
"Scraps from a Note Book—the Capitol, Virginia," Historical Register, I
(Oct., 1848), 169. A letter from Jefferson to Madison in 1788 from
Paris, describing the model for the Capitol.
1849
Howe. See 1845.
1852
Howe. See 1845.
1853
Lossing, Benson J. "Monticello," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, VII
(July, 1853), 145-60; illus. The illustrations include Monticello, Jefferson's
mill at Shadwell, Latrobe's tobacco-leaf capital, and Jefferson's
bedroom. "Nothing now remains at Monticello of all that fine collection,
but a bust of Voltaire" (p. 148).
Washington, H. Augustine. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His
Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and
Other Writings, Official and Private. 9 vols. New York: John C. Riker,
1853. passim. Described as "published by the order of the Joint Committee
of Congress on the Library, from the original manuscripts, deposited
in the Department of State. With explanatory notes, tables of contents,
and a copious index to each volume, as well as a general index to the
whole."
1856
Cabell, N. F. Early History of the University of Virginia as Contained in the
Letters of Thomas Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell, Hitherto Unpublished.
Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1856. Many references, passim, especially to
the funding of the University.
[Strother, David H.] Porte Crayon. "Virginia Illustrated: Adventures of
Porte Crayon and His Cousins," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, XIII
(Aug., 1856), 303-23; illus., p. 304. Reprinted in Virginia Illustrated:
Containing a Visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the Adventures of Porte
Crayon and His Cousins. New York: Harper and Bros., 1857. pp.
240-48; illus., p. 242. "The whole [of the University of Virginia] has a
very pleasing and pretty effect, but the buildings are too low and the
architecture wants finish" (p. 242).
1857
Strother. See 1856.
1858
Randall, Henry S. The Life of Thomas Jefferson. 3 vols. New York: Derby
and Jackson, 1858. passim; illus. "Besides arranging his own affairs for
his decease, in the early part of 1826, [Jefferson] continued to watch
keenly and even minutely over the concerns of the University" (III,
539).
1862
Pierson, Hamilton W., the Rev. Jefferson at Monticello: The Private Life of
Thomas Jefferson from Entirely New Materials. New York: Charles
Scribner, 1862. passim; illus., frontis. Reprinted in James A. Bear, Jr.,
ed., Jefferson at Monticello, Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of
Virginia, 1967. Contains recollections of Capt. Edmund Bacon, for long
the overseer at Monticello under Jefferson. "Mr. Jefferson had a nail
factory a good many years, which was a great convenience to the people,
and very profitable. He worked ten hands in it—had two fires, and five
hands at a fire. These hands could clear two dollars a day, besides
paying for the coal and iron rods. After the embargo and the war of
1812, we could not get rods, and were obliged to give it up" (p. 68).
1871
Randolph, Sarah N. The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson Compiled from
Family Letters and Reminiscences by His Great-Granddaughter. New
York: Harper and Bros., 1871. Illus. 2nd printing, 1872. 2nd ed.,
Cambridge, Mass.: University Press, 1939. 3rd ed., Charlottesville, Va.:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1947. Many passing references
to Jefferson, the architect, and it points up that the University's "classic
dome and columns are now lit up by the morning rays of the same sun
which shines on the ruin and desolation of his own once happy home"
(p. 332, 2nd ed.).
1872
De Vere, Schele. "Mr. Jefferson's Pet," Harper's New Monthly Magazine,
XLIV (May, 1872), 815-26; illus. "On [Jefferson] devolved the duty
University of Virginia], but also of procuring workmen, at a time when
skilled labor was still rare in our cities, and almost unknown at any
distance from the sea-board" (p. 819).
Randolph. See 1871.
1873
"University of Virginia," Old and New, IV (1873), 130.
1878
Richardson, Charles F., and Henry A. Clark, eds. The College Book. Boston:
Houghton, Osgood, 1878. pp. 277-81; illus., opp. p. 277. Gives description
of the University of Virginia.
1883
Schuyler, Montgomery. "Recent Building in New York," Harper's Magazine,
LXVII (Sept., 1883), 557-78; illus. Reprinted in American Architecture
Studies, New York: Harper and Bros., 1892; American Architecture
and Other Writings, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press,
1961, pp. 458-59.
1887
Nicolay, J. G. "Thomas Jefferson's Home," Century Magazine, XXXIV
(Sept., 1887), 643-53; illus. This article is most interesting for its
drawings of Monticello.
Stockton, Frank R. "The Later Years of Monticello," ibid., 654-58; illus.
Contains some illustrations of the University of Virginia and Charlottesville.
1888
Adams, Herbert B. Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia. Washington,
D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1888. Illus. The book is
University and for publishing redrawn versions of some of Jefferson's
own drawings of the University. The author adds, "How charmingly old
Rome, mediaeval Europe, and modern America blend together before the
very eyes of young Virginia!" (p. 19).
1890
Flournoy, H. W., ed. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts
from January 1, 1799, to December 31, 1807; Preserved in the
Capitol at Richmond. Richmond, 1890. IX, 10.
1891
Schuyler, Montgomery. "Glimpses of Western Architecture: Chicago," Harper's
Magazine, LXXXIII (Aug., 1891), 554-70; illus. Reprinted in
American Architecture Studies, New York: Harper and Bros., 1892;
American Architecture and Other Writings, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 1961.
1892
Chandler, Joseph E. Colonial Architecture of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and
Virginia. Boston: Bates, Kimball and Guild, 1892. Illus., pls. 2, 45, 46,
47, 48, 49, 50. The book, which has no text, includes an especially
interesting photograph of the Rotunda of the University of Virginia with
a lantern on top of its dome.
Ford, Paul L., ed. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. 10 vols. New York:
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. passim.
Schuyler. See 1883.
1894
Peebles, John K. "Thomas Jefferson, Architect," University of Virginia
Alumni Bulletin, I (Nov., 1894), 68-74. Reprinted in American Architect
and Building News, XLVII (Jan. 19, 1895), 29-30.
1895
Peebles. See 1894.
Schuyler, Montgomery. "A History of Old Colonial Architecture," Architectural
Record, IV (Jan.-March, 1895), 312-66, with special reference to
pp. 348-51; illus., pp. 349-51. "Considering the resources available for
carrying [the University of Virginia] into execution, Jefferson's scheme
was incomparably the most ambitious and monumental project that had
or has yet been conceived in this century" (p. 350).
1896
Bulfinch, Ellen S., ed. The Life and Letters of Charles Bulfinch, Architect.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. p. 143. The text publishes the note of
introduction to Bulfinch written by Jefferson for Robert Mills when he
was an aspiring student of architecture.
Hamlin, A. D. F. A Text-Book of the History of Architecture. New York:
Longmans, Green, 1896. p. 390. 18th printing, 1930, p. 411. A brief, but
early, mention which carried through all printings.
1898
Skinner, Theodore H. "The University of Virginia," in William R. Ware.
The Georgian Period, Being Photographs and Measured Drawings of
Colonial Work with Text. New York: U. P. C. Book Co., 1898. Illus. 2nd
ed., 1923, pp. 23, 161, 173, 175, 252; illus., pp. 173-75. "The original
drawings prepared by Thomas Jefferson for the buildings of the University
are preserved as heirlooms in the Randolph family at Charlottesville,
Va." (p. 173, 2nd ed.).
1899
Peterson, Maud H. "The Home of Jefferson: Monticello, the Fine Old
Colonial Mansion That Was Built by the Author of the Declaration of
Independence, That Was His Home for Half a Century, and That Is
Honored Today as a Shrine to His Memory," Munsey's Magazine, XX
(Jan., 1899), 608-19; illus. "The interior of Monticello is as quaint as it
as the builder left them—massive, with rich carvings, defying time, and
only mellowing and growing more beautiful with the flight of years"
(pp. 610, 612).
1900
Brown, Glenn. History of the United States Capitol. 2 vols. Washington,
D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1900. I, 8, 29, 32, 39, 40, 42. Jefferson
said of the Thornton plan of the Capitol " `The grandeur, simplicity, and
beauty of the exterior, the propriety with which the apartments are
distributed, and the economy in the mass of the whole structure recommend
this plan' " (p. 8). "Jefferson's instructions or interference in the
plan and design of the Capitol appears to have been, judging from his
letters, usually suggestive and not mandatory" (pp. 39-40).
Patton, John S., and Sallie J. Doswell. Jefferson's University: Glimpses of
the Past and Present of the University of Virginia. [Lynchburg, Va.:
J. P. Bell, 1900]. passim; illus. 2nd ed., [Charlottesville, Va.: Michie,
1915].
1901
Curtis, William E. The True Thomas Jefferson. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott,
1901. pp. 264-367; illus., opp. pp. 94, 98, 254, 264, 266, 6th ed.,
1910. Jefferson's "original intention was to use in the buildings [of the
University of Virginia] nothing but Virginia stone, but when he found
that it was not adapted for fine carving he brought marble from Carrara"
(p. 264).
1903-4
Bergh, Albert E. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. 20 vols. Washington,
D.C.: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1903-4. passim. This
edition of the papers is described as "published in their entirety for the
first time including all the original manuscripts deposited in the Department
of State and published in 1853 by Order of the Joint Committee of
Congress."
1904
Barringer, Paul B., James M. Garnett, and Rosewell Page, eds. The University
of Virginia: Its History, Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors,
Officers and Alumni. 2 vols. New York: Lewis, 1904. I, passim;
illus.
1905
Fletcher, Sir Bannister. A History of Architecture on the Comparative
Method, for the Student, Craftsman, and Amateur. London: B. T. Batsford,
5th ed., 1905, p. 599. Various eds. 17th ed., rev. by R. A.
Cordingley, 1963, pp. 1132, 1143, 1147; illus., p. 1141. "Virginia University
(1817) by Jefferson, recently destroyed by fire and rebuilt in a
similar manner by McKim, Mead, and White" (p. 599, 5th ed.). This not
very accurate statement was dropped by the 14th ed. By the 17th ed. the
text stated "the first house [at Monticello], an elegant example of
colonial Georgian, was completely remodelled in a free and imaginative
Palladian manner" (p. 1143).
Kent, C. W. "Thomas Jefferson's University," Review of Reviews, XXXI
(April, 1905), 452-59.
Latrobe, Benjamin H. The Journal of Latrobe: Being the Notes and
Sketches of an Architect, Naturalist, and Traveler in the United States
from 1796 to 1820. New York: D. Appleton, 1905. pp. 114-51; illus.
Contains a chapter on the building of the Capitol in Washington.
1906
Mead, Edward C. "Monticello," in Esther Singleton, ed. Historic Buildings
of America, as Seen by and Described by Famous Writers. New York:
Dodd, Mead, 1906. pp. 151-63; illus., opp. p. 152. "In 1770, Jefferson,
who was then a young practicing lawyer, first began to clear the summit
of Monticello . . . with a view of building" (p. 152).
Patton, John S. Jefferson, Cabell and the University of Virginia. New York:
Neale, 1906. pp. 177-88. After his death "there was evidently nobody to
take up Mr. Jefferson's propaganda for the recognition of art in building
. . . not one [of the buildings after Jefferson] harmonized fully, and not
original buildings the quality of beauty united to dignity" (p. 196).
Smith, Margaret (Bayard). The First Forty Years of Washington Society.
Ed. Gaillard Hunt, New York: Scribner, 1906. pp. 65-81, 384-85,
391-94; illus., opp. pp. 66, 68, 72, 76. Reprinted New York: F. Ungar,
1965. Contains a firsthand account of Monticello in 1809.
1906-7
Faulkner, W. H. "The University of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, Architect,"
Indoors and Out, 1906-7, pp. 103-13.
1907
Doswell, Sallie J., and John S. Patton. Guide to the University of Virginia.
[Charlottesville, Va., 1907?]. passim; illus.
1908
Culbreath, David M. R. The University of Virginia: Memories of Her
Student-Life and Professors. New York: Neale, 1908. passim; illus.
1910
Curtis. See 1901.
1911
"Our Architect President," Review of Reviews, XLIII (March, 1911),
353-54; illus.
Schuyler, Montgomery. "Architecture of American Colleges, VIII: The
Southern Colleges: The University of Virginia," Architectural Record,
XXX (July, 1911), 69-79; illus. Reprinted as "The Architecture of the
University of Virginia," Alumni Bulletin of the University of Virginia,
3rd ser., IV (Oct., 1911), 570-81; illus. Reproduces the Adams illustrations
of the Jefferson drawings. "The University . . . was the first
comprehensive plan, educational and architectural" (p. 74).
Stapley, Mildred. "Monticello and the Jeffersonian Style," Country Life, XX
(Oct. 1, 1911), 43-46; illus.
—. "Thomas Jefferson, Architect," Architectural Record, XXIX (Feb.,
1911), 177-85; illus. "Jefferson's drawings, made long before the introduction
of blue prints, are not unlike those of the old masters whom he
copied (with however less skill as a draughtsman)" (p. 84). "Those
who have studied it regret that his work is not better known" (p. 185).
Whitehead, Russell F. "The Old and the New South," ibid., XXX (July,
1911), 1-12; illus., pp. 4, 11.
1912
"Who Shall Have Monticello?" Harper's Weekly, LVI (July 27, 1912), 20;
illus.
1913
Brown, Glen. "Letters from Thomas Jefferson and William Thornton, Architect,
Relating to the University of Virginia," Journal of the American
Institute of Architects, I (1913), 21-27; illus. A misattribution of all the
drawings for the University of Virginia to Thornton.
"Buying Monticello," House Beautiful, XXXIII (Jan., 1913), 50.
Lambeth, William A., and Warren H. Manning. Thomas Jefferson as an
Architect and a Designer of Landscapes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
1913. Illus. "The abiding integrity of Jefferson's building operations, his
honesty in construction, his resourcefulness in the combination of materials,
his ingenuity in their adaptation, his accurate observation, his
scientific slant of mind, his versatility in information, his powers of
discrimination, his sense of proportion, all combined with a bigness of
mind and an artistic temperament, lifted him at once as an architect
from competition with all his contemporaries" (p. 93).
Reviews:
Journal of the American Institute of Architects, II (May, 1914),
230-35. Norman M. Isham. "Jefferson's Place in Our Architectural
History." Answered by Fiske Kimball, "Jefferson's Place in Our
Architectural History," ibid., II (July, 1914), 329-30.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, XXVI (Oct., 1918),
xi. "Gifts and Bequests." The review states that the book settles the
question that Jefferson was indeed the "real architect" of Monticello
and the University of Virginia.
1914
Dix, D. "Monticello—Shrine or Bachelor's Hall?" Good Housekeeping,
LVIII (April, 1914), 538-41, illus.
Kimball, Fiske. "Jefferson as Architect," Nation, XCVIII (Jan. 8, 1914), 33.
—. "Thomas Jefferson as Architect: Monticello and Shadwell," Harvard
University Architectural Quarterly, II (June, 1914), 89-137.
Patton, John S. "Monticello," University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin, 3rd
ser., VII (Oct., 1914), 633-46; illus. Reprinted separately,
[Charlottesville, Va.], 1914?. Contains a description of Monticello as it
was in 1914.
1915
Eberlein, Harold D. The Architecture of Colonial America. Boston: Little,
Brown, 1915. pp. 159, 160, 164-65, 177, 203, 264. "The plan [of the
University of Virginia] embodied the most comprehensive building
scheme that had yet been essayed" (p. 203). Eberlein also praises
Jefferson for a dignity and honesty not always found in the work of the
later classic revivalists.
Kimball, Fiske. "Thomas Jefferson and the First Monument of the Classic
Revival in America," Journal of the American Institute of Architects, III
(1915): Sept., 370-81; Oct., 421-33; Nov., 473-91. Illus. [University of
Michigan Ph.D. dissertation, 1915.] Reprinted separately. "There can be
little doubt that the first monument of the classical revival in America is
the Capitol, at Richmond. Conceived in 1785 . . . it was essentially
complete in 1789 when the next work in the Roman manner, Bulfinch's
triumphal column on Beacon Hill, in Boston, was erected" (p. 371).
—. "Thomas Jefferson and the Origin of the Classical Revival in America,"
Art and Archaeology, I (May, 1915), 219-27; illus. Reprinted
separately.
Lancaster, Robert A., Jr. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches. Philadelphia:
J. B. Lippincott, 1915. pp. 13, 18, 28, 75, 106, 145, 171, 201, 223,
229, 365, 389, 399, 402, 403, 404, 410, 412, 419, 421, 461, 464; illus.,
to plan [Barboursville], which was built in 1822, by his friend James
Barbour" (p. 391). The book is a storehouse of old photographs.
Review:
Dial, LIX (Dec. 23, 1915), 614-15. Fiske Kimball.
Patton and Doswell. See 1900.
1916
Bennett, Wells. "Stephen Hallett and His Designs for the National Capitol,
1791-94," Journal of the American Institute of Architects, IV (1916):
July, 290-95; Aug., 324-30; Sept., 376-83; Oct., 411-18. Illus. The
articles discuss Jefferson's relationship with Hallett's part in the design
and building of the Capitol at Washington.
Kimball, Fiske. Thomas Jefferson, Architect: Original Designs in the Collection
of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, Junior, with an Essay and Notes.
Boston: Privately Printed, 1916. Illus. Reprinted with new intro. by
Frederick D. Nichols. New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. "Directly or
indirectly American classicism traces its ancestry to Jefferson, who may
truly be called the father of our national architecture" (p. 89).
1917
Harnit, Fanny. "Monticello," Magazine of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, L (Feb., 1917), 158-62.
Kimball, Fiske. "The Beginnings of Landscape Gardening in America,"
Landscape Architecture, VII (July, 1917), 181-87; illus. Reprinted in
the author's Jefferson's Grounds and Gardens at Monticello. New York:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1927. "Although Thomas Jefferson
had never been in England prior to the Revolution, this student
and collector of books nonetheless conceived some idea of the landscape
garden of grandiose style" (pp. 181-82). "The amateur has become a
competent master. Thus landscape gardening in America—as an art if
not as a profession—may claim as its father the father of American
independence itself, a worthy forerunner of Downing, Olmsted, and
Eliot" (p. 187).
"Monticello, the House That Jefferson Designed for Himself," Countryside
Magazine and Suburban Life, XXIV (March, 1917), 126-27.
Semmes, John E. John H. B. Latrobe and His Times, 1803-1891. Baltimore:
Norman, Remington, 1917. pp. 4, 10, 11, 13, 34, 157, 164, 238, 240, 245,
247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 370, 573; illus., opp. pp. 10, 12, 14, 48.
Contains an account of an early visit to and criticism of the University
of Virginia as well as many references about Jefferson's dealings with
J. H. B. Latrobe's father, Benjamin.
1918
Dunlap. See 1834.
Faris, John T. Historic Shrines of America: Being the Story of One
Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made
Them Notable. New York: George H. Doran, 1918. pp. 322-30; illus.,
opp. p. 315.
Kimball, Fiske. "The Development of American Architecture," Architectural
Forum, XXVIII (1918): Jan., 1-5; March, 81-86. XXIX (July, 1918),
21-25.
—. "The Grounds at Monticello in 1809," Landscape Architecture, VIII
(April, 1918), 141-43; illus. Reprinted in the author's Jefferson's
Grounds and Gardens at Monticello. New York: Thomas Jefferson Memorial
Foundation, 1927. "How far Jefferson's plans for treatment of his
grounds at Monticello in the landscape style . . . were carried out, has
been a point on which satisfactory evidence has so far not been adduced"
(p. 141).
—, and George Harold Edgell. A History of Architecture. New York:
Harper and Bros., 1918. 2nd ed., rev., 1926. pp. 538, 541-42, 544, 548,
550; illus., fig. 291. "It is little realized that the design [of the Capitol in
Richmond] considerably antedated anything similar abroad. Classical
examples had indeed been imitated in garden temples and commemorative
monuments but never on such a large scale and never in a building
intended for practical use" (p. 542, 2nd rev. ed.).
1919
Coffin, Lewis A., Jr., and Arthur C. Holden. Brick Architecture of the
Colonial Period in Maryland and Virginia. New York: Architectural
Book Publishing Co., 1919. pp. 9, 24, 25; illus., pp. 24, 25, pls. 112-17.
"Though a copyist, Jefferson was also a skillful adapter and a designer
of great originality" (p. 9).
Kimball, Fiske, and Wells Bennett. "The Competition for the Federal Buildings,
1792-1793," Journal of the American Institute of Architects, VII
(1919): Jan., 8-12; March, 98-102; May, 202-10; Aug., 355-61; Dec.,
512-28. VIII (March, 1920), 117-24; illus.
1920
Bruce, Philip A. History of the University of Virginia, 1819-1919: The
Lengthened Shadow of One Man. 5 vols. New York: Macmillan, 1920. I,
35-44, 209-376; II, 1-58. "It was in architecture that Jefferson felt the
most penetrating interest, and it was also in this art that he displayed an
original talent almost comparable to the genius which he evinced in
political science" (I, 35).
Cousins, Frank, and Phil M. Riley. The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1920. p. 78. A reference to the Philadelphia
house where Jefferson met with Washington's Cabinet.
1921
"Letters from Thomas Jefferson to William B. Giles," Virginia Magazine of
History and Biography, XXIX (Oct., 1921), 445-47. A letter soliciting
aid for Central College, the forerunner of the University of Virginia.
"Saving Monticello," Literary Digest, LXX (Aug. 27, 1921), 24-25; illus.
"Site of the University of Virginia," Tyler's Quarterly Historical and
Genealogical Magazine, II (April, 1921), 233. Jefferson's letter of acceptance
as a member of the Commission to fix a site for the University
of Virginia.
1922
Kimball, Fiske. Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the
Early Republic. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. pp. 36, 62,
79, 110, 113, 138, 146, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 159, 161, 162, 167,
168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179-80, 187, 189, 190,
194, 220, 227, 230, 231, 234, 242, 243, 246, 248, 260, 276, 292; illus.,
pp. 78, 79, 100, 113, 171, 173, 176, 177, 187. 2nd ed., New York: Dover,
1966. The importance given Jefferson in this book is seen by there being
more references to him than to Latrobe, McIntire, and L'Enfant, but
rather less than to Bulfinch.
Muirhead, James F. "Jefferson's Virginian Home," Landmark, IV (Feb.,
1922), 103-7.
1923
Kimball, Fiske. "A Church Designed by Jefferson," Architectural Record,
LIII (Feb., 1923), 184-86; illus. "The single design for a church by
Jefferson, that of the Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, demolished
about 1895, has hitherto been known to the profession only by literary
reference" (p. 184).
—. "The Genesis of Jefferson's Plan for the University of Virginia,"
Architecture, XLVIII (Dec., 1923), 397-99; illus. Reprinted in University
of Virginia Alumni Bulletin, XVII (April, 1924), 144-47; illus.,
opp. pp. 143-44, 146. "Fresh theories are always being put forward to
account for the plan's origin. The latest of these . . . was derived from
Guennepin's Grand Prix of 1805, an `Etablissement de six familles.' . . .
The similarities between Guennepin's Grand Prix and the plan of the
University of Virginia are . . . not due to copying one from the other,
but are rooted in the similarity of the programs and in the pervading
classical style of the time, of which Jefferson himself had been one of the
pioneers" (pp. 144-46).
Skinner. See 1898.
1924
Carlton, Mable M. "Thomas Jefferson," in Thomas Jefferson: An Outline of
His Life and Service with the Story of Monticello, the Home He Reared
and Loved. Monticello Papers No. 1. New York: Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation, 1924. pp. 6-10.
H., K. D. "The University," in Albemarle Club of Colonial Dames and
Albemarle Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Historical
Guide to Albemarle County, Including Monticello, the University of
Virginia, and Charlottesville. Charlottesville, Va.: The Authors, 1924.
pp. 12-21.
"Harrison of James River," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,
XXII (April, 1924), 199-202. Discusses Jefferson's possible designs for
Brandon.
"Jefferson's Monticello," in Albemarle Club of Colonial Dames and Albemarle
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Historical
Guide to Albemarle County, Including Monticello, the University of
pp. 3-11; illus., opp. p. 8.
Kimball, Fiske. "Monticello," Journal of the American Institute of Architects,
XII (April, 1924), 174-81; illus. Reprinted in Thomas Jefferson:
An Outline of His Life and Service with the Story of Monticello, the
Home He Reared and Loved. Monticello Papers No. 1. New York:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1924. pp. 14-21; illus. Jefferson
"insisted, too, on going to the sources in every field. . . . thus is
explained the paradox that Jefferson the apostle of individualism should
have chosen for his first master in architecture, Palladio, who passes as
the chief representative of dogmatic authority. The reconciliation lies
first in the character of reasoned law borne by Palladio's architectural
system. However artificial it may seem to us, it had in common with
nature this supposed lawfulness and reasonableness. . . . Here was the
relation to natural law, one of Jefferson's fundamental conceptions" (p.
176).
—. See also 1923.
Lambeth, William A. "Thomas Jefferson and the Arts," Journal of the
American Institute of Architects, XII (Oct., 1924), 454-55; illus. Jefferson
felt that for the University of Virginia "the best sculptors must come
from Cararra where five thousand architectural and decorative modelers,
cutters and polishers had clustered about these ancient quarries" (p.
454).
Mumford, Lewis. Sticks and Stones: A Study of American Architecture and
Civilization. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924, pp. 56-57, 70. 2nd
printing, 1925. 3rd printing, 1925. 4th printing, 1926. 5th printing,
1927. 6th printing, 1927. 7th printing, 1928. 8th printing, 1931. Reprinted,
New York: W. W. Norton, n.d. 2nd. ed. rev., New York: Dover,
1955, p. 56; illus. Although Jefferson is just mentioned, he is give one
illustration of the twenty-one inserted in the 2nd ed. Mumford says
Jefferson "exemplified the culture of the 18th century gentleman best"
and "combined in almost equal degrees the statesman, the student, and
the artist" (p. 56, 2nd ed.). Mumford also states that "Major L'Enfant's
plan for Washington was the last gasp, it seems to me, of the classical
order; Jefferson's University of Virginia was perhaps its most perfect
consummation" (p. 70, Norton reprint).
1925
Brown, B. B. "Thomas Jefferson at Monticello," Mentor, XIII (Oct., 1925),
37-44; illus.
Buchanan, James, and William Hay. "Letters of Directors of the Virginia
Capitol to Jefferson," William and Mary Quarterly, 2nd ser., V (April,
1925), 95-97.
Kimball, Fiske. "Jefferson, Thomas" in Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker,
eds. Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler. Leipzig: Verlag von
E. A. Seemann, 1925. XVIII, 481-83. Biographical notice with short
bibliography.
—. "Thomas Jefferson's Windsor Chairs," Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin,
XXI (Dec., 1925), 58-60.
Mumford. See 1924.
Patton, John S., and Sallie J. Doswell. Monticello and Its Master. Charlottesville,
Va.: Michie, 1925. Illus. 2nd ed., rev., Charlottesville, Va.: John S.
Patton and Sallie J. Doswell, 1930. A sympathetic, early guidebook to
Monticello.
Place, Charles A. Charles Bulfinch, Architect and Citizen. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1925. p. 151. The Gen. Henry Knox house through Knox's
"association with Jefferson may have drawn direct from English designs."
Sadler, Elizabeth H. Bloom of Monticello. Richmond: Whittet and Shepperson,
[1925]. Illus. 2nd ed., [1926]. "Jefferson's love of a garden was an
inheritance and a habit" (p. 6).
Wayland, John W. "Two Early Members of Phi Beta Kappa," Virginia
Magazine of History and Biography, 2nd ser., V (Oct., 1925), 273-75.
Attributes Belle Grove, Va., to Jefferson's design.
Wilstach, Paul. Jefferson and Monticello. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday,
Page, 1925, passim; illus. Ltd. ed., 1925; 2nd ed., rev., Garden City,
N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. Jefferson's "observations abroad germinated
the new ideas which thereafter took form when he rebuilt his
house a few years after his return" (p. 96).
1926
Bruce, Kathleen. "Slave Labor in the Virginian Iron Industry," Virginia
Magazine of History and Biography, 2nd ser., VI (Oct., 1926), 289-302.
Mentions the nailery at Monticello.
Heatwole, C. J. "Thomas Jefferson as an Architect," Virginia Journal of
Education, XIX (May, 1926), 360-63.
Hirst, Francis W. Life and Letters of Thomas Jefferson, Macmillan, 1926.
pp. 500-501. Jefferson "on laying out his gardens and grounds . . .
bestowed as much thought and pains as on building the house" (p. 501).
Humphrey, H. B. "Homes of Our Presidents," Country Life, L (May, 1926),
37-39; illus.
Jackson, Joseph. Development of American Architecture, 1783-1830. Philadelphia:
David McKay, 1926. p. 40. The merest mention is given.
Kimball, Fiske. "Jefferson the Architect," Architectural Forum, LXXV
(June, 1926), 926-31; illus. Reprinted in University of Virginia Journal
of Engineering. VI (May, 1926), 147-49, 164.
—. See also 1918.
Major, Howard. The Domestic Architecture of the Early American Republic:
The Greek Revival. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1926. pp. 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 37, 39, 41, 42; illus., pp. 19, 22, 42. "Just as Inigo
Jones was the father of the Renaissance in England, so was Thomas
Jefferson the father of the Classic Revival in America. Furthermore,
Inigo Jones was the first great English architect, and likewise Thomas
Jefferson was the first great American architect" (p. 17).
Review:
New York Herald Tribune, Jan. 30, 1927, p. 21. Fiske Kimball.
Mumford. See 1924.
Nock, Albert J. Jefferson. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1926, pp. 3, 4, 164,
165, 281-88, 317. Reprinted Washington, D.C.: National Home Library
Foundation, [1941]. "About the first thing [Jefferson] had done to
occupy the `rural days of summer' which the sinecure of the Vice-Presidency
afforded him, was to tear down the whole top story of Monticello
and rebuild it as a votive offering to architectural style" (p. 281).
Sadler. See 1925.
1927
"Jefferson and His Fellow Architects," House and Garden, LII (July, 1927),
74-75; illus.
Kimball, Fiske. "The Gardens and Plantations at Monticello," Landscape
Architecture, XVII (April, 1927), 172-81; illus. Reprinted in Fiske
Kimball, Jefferson's Grounds and Gardens at Monticello, New York:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1927. "Jefferson . . . devoted
great attention also to the individual plants, many of which he domesticated
in America for the first time" (p. 173).
—. Jefferson's Grounds and Gardens at Monticello. New York: Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1927. Collected reprint of "The Beginnings
of Landscape Gardening in America," "The Grounds at Monticello
been published in Landscape Architecture, 1917, 1918, and 1927.
Kimball, Marie G. The Furnishings of Monticello. [Charlottesville, Va.?]:
The Author, 1927, illus. 2nd ed., 1929. 3rd ed., 1940.
Mumford. See 1924.
Newcomb, Rexford. "Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Early American Architect,"
Architect, IX (Nov., 1927), 173-77; port. "Several writers have attributed
the genesis of the Greek Revival in America to Jefferson. If one
examines Mr. Jefferson's own work, however, its Roman, yes, even Palladian,
inspiration is perfectly evident" (p. 175).
Sale, Edith T. Interiors of Virginia Houses of Colonial Times: From the
Beginnings of Virginia to the Revolution. Richmond, Va.: William Byrd
Press, 1927. pp. 20, 21, 37, 72, 217, 287, 345, 357, 373, 374, 391, 392,
405, 473, 474, 475, 476, 479, 480, 481, 483, 484; illus., pp. 474-78,
480-83. "In the matter of contributive buildings, Monticello stands
alone, for Jefferson wisely subordinated everything to the beauty of the
great house, just as he refused to permit anything but nature to interfere
with the sweeping view" (p. 481).
Tallmadge, Thomas E. The Story of Architecture in America. New York:
W. W. Norton, 1927. pp. 75, 111, 132, 246; illus., opp. p. 78. 2nd ed.,
1936, p. 88. Tallmadge says of Jefferson that though he wanted to be
Roman he remained American and Virginian and that his colonial coattails
were never covered by his classic toga.
Turner, W. R. "Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia," Tyler's
Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, IX (July, 1927),
42-45. Correspondence with Cabell largely concerning funding for the
University of Virginia.
1928
Kimball, Fiske. American Architecture. Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill,
1928. pp. 37, 43, 49, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 86, 91, 95, 97, 102,
103, 106, 107, 112, 116, 175; illus., opp. pp. 73, 86, 91. Partially
reprinted in Elbert D. Thomas, Thomas Jefferson, World Citizen, New
York: Modern Age Books, 1943. "Jefferson . . . hoped to secure the
respect of foreigners, without copying them, to be at once novel and
correct" (p. 71).
Mumford. See 1924.
Newcomb, Rexford. "Robert Mills, American Greek Revivalist." Architect,
IX (March, 1928), 697-99; port. Mills "settled down to study in the
architectural works in the country at the time" (p. 697).
—. "Thomas Jefferson, the Architect," ibid., IX (Jan., 1928), 429-32;
port. "Jefferson apparently had a splendid native taste, was a keen
observer of natural form and proportion, and, through a study of Euclid,
made his observations not only apperceptive but function in his constructive
thinking" (p. 430).
Rhodes, Thomas L. The Story of Monticello. Washington, D.C.: American
Publishing Co., 1928. Illus. Reissued, Baltimore: Pridemark Press, 1947.
The book is described as "told by Thomas L. Rhodes, for over fifty years
superintendent of Monticello, to Frank B. Lord." It is important for its
many photographs of Monticello as it was over forty years ago.
Swem, E. G. "Some Notes on the Four Forms of the Oldest Building of
William and Mary College," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,
2nd ser., VIII (Oct., 1928), 217-307; illus., opp. p. 240. Reproduces
for the first time Jefferson's plan for the enlargement of the Wren
Building at William and Mary.
Wilstach, Paul. "Thomas Jefferson's Secret Home: Poplar Forest, Bedford
County, Va.," Country Life, LIII (April, 1928), 41-43; illus. Reprinted,
St. Nicholas, LV (July, 1928), 699-700.
1929
Fletcher. See 1905.
Kimball, Marie G. "Jefferson's Furniture Comes Home to Monticello,"
House Beautiful, LXVI (Aug., 1929), 164-65; illus.
—. "Thomas Jefferson's French Furniture," Antiques, XV (Feb., 1929),
123-28; illus.
—. See also 1927.
Kite, Elizabeth S. L'Enfant and Washington, 1791-1792. Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins Press, 1929. Contains published and unpublished documents
now brought together for the first time.
Rothery, Agnes E. New Roads in Old Virginia. Boston and New York:
Houghton Mifflin, [1929]. pp. 73-119; illus. Rev. ed., 1937. Although
Jefferson "changed his plans for Monticello many times . . . he was
always perfectly clear about its main features" (p. 96).
Wilstach, Paul. "Jefferson's Little Mountain," National Geographic Magazine,
LV (April, 1929), 481-503; illus.
1930
Hamlin. See 1896.
McAdie, A. "Thomas Jefferson at Home: With Letters and an Extract from
Jefferson's Expense Book," American Antiquarian Society, Proceedings,
new ser., XL (1930), 27-46; illus.
Morris, E. B. "Architectural Pilgrimage to Charlottesville," Architect, XIII
(Jan., 1930), 385-89. "Jefferson . . . had the true architectural mind"
(p. 387).
Patton and Doswell. See 1925.
Sale, Edith T. Colonial Interiors, Second Series. New York: William Helburn,
1930. Illus., pls. 10, 41, 122, 144, 145. The book contains photographs
of various details of the interiors at Monticello.
Storey, H. A. "Jefferson's Furniture at Monticello," Antiquarian, XV
(July, 1930), 38-41; illus.
1931
Baldwin, Charles. Stanford White. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1931. pp. 103,
104, 215, 221-23, 274, 322. Records White's estimate of Jefferson's plans
for the University of Virginia—"They're wonderful: and I'm scared to
death" (p. 222)—as well as his reason for not putting his buildings
closer than he did to Jefferson's—"such temerity must be reserved for a
more audacious architect" (p. 322).
Frary, Ihna T. Thomas Jefferson, Architect and Builder. Introd. by Fiske
Kimball. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1931. Illus. 2nd ed., 1939. 3rd
ed., rev. and enl., 1950. "The Virginia Capitol and the house at Monticello
gave Jefferson high rank as an authority on architecture, as the
leader in fact of an art which did not as yet exist in this country as a
profession" (p. 47, 1st ed.). The book discusses the attribution of many
buildings and reproduces an especially valuable photograph of Edgemont
in its original condition.
Garden Club of Virginia. Homes and Gardens in Old Virginia. Ed. Susanne
W. Massie and Frances A. Christian. Richmond: Garrett and Massie,
1931. pp. 67, 299-305; illus., pp. 68, 70, 298, 302. The Capitol at
Richmond "may be said to have introduced the classic style of architecture
to the United States" (p. 67).
Mumford. See 1924.
Wilstach. See 1925.
1932
Denmark, Ernest R. " `Brandon,' an 18th Century Virginia House," Southern
Architect, LVIII (April, 1932), 10-13; illus.
Gillespie, A. H. "Thomas Jefferson's Monticello," American Landscape
Architecture, VI (May, 1932), 20-23.
Ryan, G. J. "Monticello, a Patriotic Shrine Preserved for the Children of
America," Journal of American History, XXVI (1932), 65-66; illus.
Weddell, Alexander W. Richmond, Virginia in Old Prints, 1737-1887.
Richmond: Richmond Academy of the Arts, 1932. pp. 12, 14, 16, 18, 19,
23, 39, 50, 62, 69, 70, 88, 100, 101, 110, 120, 142, 179, 195, 226; illus.,
pp. 21, 29, 49, 51, 55, 59, 81, 85, 87, 91, 94, 101, 103, 105, 111, 115, 133,
145, 157, 159, 172, 174, 185, 187, 222, 224. This is the best source for
views of the Capitol. "On October 28, 1788, the General Assembly
held its first session in the new Capitol. The building was not fully
completed at that time, the rough bricks being exposed to view and it
entirely lacked the stucco which was later applied" (p. 102).
1933
Architects' Emergency Committee. Great Georgian Houses of America. New
York, 1933. Illus., pls. 67, 68, 69.
"Bremo, Designed and Built by Thomas Jefferson in 1815," Arts and
Decoration, XXXIX (Oct., 1933), 10-11. A misattribution.
Buchanan, James, and William Hay. "Copy of Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Relocating Virginia Capitol Building," Virginia Magazine of History
and Biography, XLI (April, 1933), 158-59.
Carson, William E., and H. J. Eckenrode. Historic Shrines of Virginia.
Richmond: State Commission on Conservation and Development, 1933.
pp. 69-70; illus. 2nd ed., 1934. Notable for its misstatement that at
Monticello the dome's "windows flood the great hall below with light"
(p. 69).
Coleman, Laurence V. Historic House Museums. Washington, D.C.: American
Association of Museums, 1933. pp. 13, 14, 88, 92, 155; illus., opp. p.
14. "Monticello—home of Thomas Jefferson and an example of architecture
(p. 92).
M[alone], D[umas]. "Jefferson, Thomas" in Dumas Malone, ed. Dictionary
of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. pp.
17-35 with architectural references passim.
1934
"The Architectural Forum Master Detail Series: Historic American Buildings:
Liberty Hall, Frankfurt, Kentucky, Thomas Jefferson, Architect,"
Architectural Forum, LXI (Sept., 1934), 203-9; illus. "While the design
does not much resemble the Jefferson to whom we are accustomed the
completion of this house in 1796, a verified date, would place it in the
period before he started his adaptions of classic temples to domestic
architecture. No better documentary evidence exists to show that he
designed half the buildings ordinarily accepted as by his hand" (p.
204).
Carson and Eckenrode. See 1933.
Lockwood, Alice G. B. Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners
of the American Colonies and of the Republic before 1840. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. pp. 11, 50, 72-77, 356; illus., pp.
73, 74, 75, 76. Reproduces Jefferson's garden plan for Monticello and
gives many quotes of his about garden design.
University of Virginia: Views of the Grounds and Buildings. Illus. Supplement
to University of Virginia Record, new ser., XX (1934). Reissued
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941.
Williams, Morley J. "Gardens at Monticello," Landscape Architecture,
XXVI (Jan., 1934), 64-71. "The influence of [Capability] Brown and
others was strong, and the jardin anglais was undoubtedly very much in
style . . . what more natural than for Jefferson to introduce the new
thing on his own place?" (p. 70).
1935
Gallagher, Helen M. Robert Mills, Architect of the Washington Monument,
1781-1855. New York: Columbia University Press, 1935. pp. ix, 8, 9,
14, 15, 22, 23, 45-46, 47, 49, 85-87, 100, 140, 158, 159, 163, 168, 169,
183. The author is shaky on several statements, especially on Mills's part
in the building of the University of Virginia. She says Mills "without a
at the University (p. 46). The documents do not bear this out.
"Georgian Mansion Built in 1796: Designed by Thomas Jefferson," Pencil
Points, XVI (March, 1935), 109-10; illus. The mansion is Liberty Hall.
Halsey, Richard T. H., and Elizabeth Tower. The Homes of Our Ancestors
as Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of
New York. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran, 1935. pp. 220-21,
247-48. 2nd ed., 1937. Jefferson's furnishings at Monticello are discussed.
Rawlings, Mary. Ante-bellum Albemarle, Albemarle County, Virginia. Charlottesville,
Va.: Peoples National Bank, n.d. [ca. 1935]. pp. 2, 3, 6, 22,
70, 86; illus., pp. 2, 3, 6, 22, 70, 86.
Roos, Frank J. "Concerning Several Architectural Leaders," Design,
XXXVII (Dec., 1935), 3; illus.
1936
Frary, Ihna T. Early Homes of Ohio. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1936.
pp. 47, 122, 127, 129, 155, 202, 205, 232, 244, 247, 301. "The classic
colonnades of Mr. Jefferson's architectural fashion had become so universally
popular that we can not regard them as peculiar to either north
or south" (p. 129).
"Liberty Hall," Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, XXXIV
(Oct., 1936), 392-94; illus.
Mearns, D. C., and V. W. Clapp, comps. Thomas Jefferson, the Architect.
Washington, D.C., 1936.
Roberts, Mary F. "Brandon, with Its Memories of Perukes and Farthingales,"
Arts and Decoration, XLIII (Jan., 1936), 7-9; illus.
Stotz, Charles M. The Early Architecture of Western Pennsylvania. Introd.
by Fiske Kimball. New York: William Hellburn, 1936. pp. 16, 20, 21,
255. "The practice of architecture did not always achieve the signal
success notable in the work of Thomas Jefferson" (p. 21).
Wallace, Charles M. The History of the Capitol of Virginia. Richmond:
Dietz Press, 1936. Illus.
1937
Dodson, E. Griffith. The Capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia: Portraits,
Statuary, Inscriptions, and Biographical Sketches. Richmond,
1937. pp. 11, 27; illus., frontis.
Glenn, G. "University Created by Thomas Jefferson," Travel, LXVIII
(March, 1937), 18-21+; illus.
Halsey and Tower. See 1935.
Rothery. See 1929.
1938
Mumford, Lewis. The Culture of Cities. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1938.
p. 143. "Almost all the city planning or building that was esthetically
worth attention before the middle of the nineteenth century was along
classic lines: the work of Schinkel in Berlin, of the brothers Adam in
London and Edinburgh, or that of L'Enfant, Bulfinch, Jefferson, Ramée,
and Latrobe in America."
University of Virginia: Views of the Grounds and Buildings. Illus., pp. 2, 3,
5, 12. Supplement to University of Virginia Record, new ser., XXIV
(1938).
1939
Frary. See 1931.
Randolph. See 1871.
University of Virginia: Views of the Grounds and Buildings. Illus., pp. 2, 3,
5, 12. Supplement to University of Virginia Record, new ser., XXV
(1939).
Upjohn, Everard M. Richard Upjohn, Architect and Churchman. New
York: Columbia University Press, 1939. pp. vii, 12, 138. "Richard
Upjohn [was] the most important figure in American architecture
between Jefferson and Richardson" (p. vii).
1940
Frary, Ihna T. They Built the Capitol. Richmond: Garrett and Massie, 1940.
pp. 3, 4, 5, 6, 17, 19, 22, 25, 27, 31, 33, 41, 58, 59-61, 63, 67, 73, 76,
81-86, 98, 107, 134, 166, 169, 171, 173. "Jefferson himself entered a
design for the President's house. This was done anonymously" (p. 27).
Kimball, Fiske. Mr. Samuel McIntire, Carver: The Architect of Salem.
Portland, Me.: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1940. pp. 70, 78, 82,
142-43. "Jefferson, although eager to master the subject, did not attempt
[a perspective drawing] until about 1820, and then with little success"
(p. 78).
Kimball, Marie G. "More Jefferson Furniture Comes Home to Monticello,"
Antiques, XXXVIII (July, 1940), 20-22; illus.
—. See also 1927.
University of Virginia: Views of the Grounds and Buildings. Illus., pp. 2, 3,
5, 12. Supplement to University of Virginia Record, new ser., XXVI
(1940).
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration. Virginia: A Guide
to the Old Dominion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1940. pp.
181-82, 212, 289, 395, 515, 565, 621, 623, 624-25; illus., between pp.
30-31, 60-61, 122-23. Reprinted 1941, 1946, 1947, 1950.
1941
Betts, Edwin M., and Hazelhurst B. Perkins. Thomas Jefferson's Flower
Garden at Monticello. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1941. Illus. An exposition
of the design and planting of the flower gardens at Monticello.
Dos Passos, John. The Ground We Stand On. New York: Harcourt, Brace,
1941, pp. 228-55. Partially reprinted in Merrill D. Peterson, ed. Thomas
Jefferson, a Profile, New York: Hill and Wang, 1967, pp. 61-85. "Landscape
was one of the great pleasures of Jefferson's life. . . . His garden
was the parklike English garden of the romantic school where all the
planting was supposed to look as if it had grown there of its own accord"
(p. 65).
Frary, Ihna T. "Salvation of a Virginia Mansion: Glen Echo, near Charlottesville,"
Arts and Decoration, LIII (Feb., 1941), 29-31, 44.
"Gardening President," House and Garden, LXXIX (June, 1941), 19.
Mumford, Lewis. The South in Architecture. New York: Harcourt, Brace,
1941. pp. 4, 18, 40, 43-78. Partially reprinted in Roots of Contemporary
Architecture, 1952. "In designing and redesigning his own mansion,
Jefferson made the most of the fact that the owner, the architect, and
the builder were combined in one person and responsible only to each
other" (p. 47). "In the University of Virginia, Jefferson struck a balance
between formal order and vital order, between logic of building and
the logic of life" (p. 76).
[Nichols, Frederick D., ed.] Historic American Buildings Survey: Catalogue
of the Measured Drawings and Photographs of the Survey in the
Library of Congress, March 1, 1941. Washington, D.C.: United States
Government Printing Office, 1941. pp. 385, 386. The catalogue lists the
University of Virginia, Farmington, and Poplar Forest, as well as several
other buildings which are of doubtful authorship.
Nock. See 1926.
Tallmadge, Thomas E. Architecture in Old Chicago. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1941. p. 138. If an artist has power "so great that he
changed . . . the course of architecture . . . he becomes one of the
immortals. The men who have done this in America are Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin Latrobe, H. H. Richardson, Charles F. McKim, and Louis
Sullivan."
University of Virginia: Views of the Grounds and Buildings. Illus., n.p.
Supplement to University of Virginia Record, new ser., XXVII (1941).
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration. Jefferson's Albemarle:
A Guide to Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville,
Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: Charlottesville and Albemarle County
Chamber of Commerce, 1941. pp. 48, 50, 51, 53-57, 66-68, 70, 77,
86-87, 91, 92, 101, 104-5, 128; illus., pp. 52, 61, 67, 115.
—. See 1940.
1942
Glassburn, D. E. "Thomas Jefferson and the Thorne American Rooms,"
Carnegie Magazine, XVI (Nov., 1942), 180-82; illus.
Kimball, Fiske. "Jefferson and Architecture" in Elbert D. Thomas. Thomas
Jefferson, World Citizen. New York: Modern Age Books, 1942. pp.
266-71. Excerpted from Kimball's American Architecture, 1928.
Mayo, Bernard, ed. Jefferson Himself, the Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided
American. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942. pp. 22-24, 32, 33,
126, 128, 131, 142, 177, 192, 196, 316, 318, 324-27, 336-37. Quotations
from Jefferson manuscripts and letters.
Newton, Roger H. Town and Davis, Architects: Pioneers in American
Revivalist Architecture, 1812-1870, Including a Glimpse of Their Times
and Their Contemporaries. New York: Columbia University Press, 1942.
pp. 47, 66, 150, 154, 160. "We know that Town alone devised the plan
for [the Capitol of] Indiana, repeating Jefferson's interior arrangement
of the legislative chambers" (p. 160).
Padover, Saul K. Jefferson. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1942. Illus.
1943
"Architect's Anniversary," Architectural Forum, LXXVIII (April, 1943), 2,
4; illus. "Architecture, in a life as strenously devoted to public service,
that Jefferson was an amateur" (p. 2).
Bowers, Claude G. "Thomas Jefferson of Monticello," New York Times
Magazine, Feb. 28, 1943, pp. 5+; illus.
Dumbald, Edward. "Where Did Jefferson Live in Paris?" William and
Mary Quarterly, 2nd ser., XXIII (Jan., 1943), 64-68. "The Hôtel de
Langeac [one of Jefferson's lodgings in Paris] had been built by the
famous architect Chalgrin, but required alterations in order to suit
Jefferson's needs. Architect's drawings by Jefferson have been preserved,
and show that two small rooms were combined to make a large room
along the Champs-Elysées at the east corner of the house. Work began in
December, 1785, and continued until February, 1786" (p. 66).
Kallen, Horace M. "The Arts and Thomas Jefferson," in "Two Hundredth
Anniversary of the Birth of Thomas Jefferson," Ethics, LIII (July,
1943), 237-310. Reprinted in Merrill D. Peterson, ed. Thomas Jefferson,
a Profile, New York: Hill and Wang, 1967, pp. 218-42. Jefferson "had
the workman's feeling for materials . . . and always he had the craftsman's
feeling for workmanship" (p. 227, Peterson, ed.).
Kimball, Fiske. The Creation of the Rococo. Philadelphia: Philadelphia
Museum of Art, 1943. p. 216, note. French ed., Le style Louis XV:
Origine et Evolution, Paris: A. et J. Ricard, 1949. The book notes
Jefferson's use of Morris's Select Architecture, 1757.
—. "In Search of Jefferson's Birthplace," Virginia Magazine of History
and Biography, LI (Oct., 1943), 313-25; illus. The archaeological work
at Shadwell and Jefferson's own building operations there are discussed
in this article.
—. "Jefferson and the Arts," in "Thomas Jefferson: Papers Read before
the American Philosophical Society in Celebration of the Bicentennial of
Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the Society," Proceedings of the
American Philosophical Society, LXXXVII (July, 1943), 238-45. Reprinted
separately, [1943?]. Reprinted as an abstract, American Journal
of Archaeology, XLVIII (Jan., 1944), 100.
—, ed. "Viewpoints: An Enthusiast on the Arts, [Quotations] by Thomas
Jefferson," Magazine of Art, XXXVI (May, 1943), 184.
Lehmann-Hartleben, Karl. "Thomas Jefferson, Archaeologist," American
Journal of Archaeology, XLVII (April-June, 1943), 161-63.
"Monticello, a Collector's Paradise," Hobbies, XLVIII (April, 1943), 7-9;
illus.
Roos, Frank J., Jr. Writings on Early American Architecture: An Annotated
List of Books and Articles on Architecture Constructed before 1860 in
University, 1943. pp. 18, 19, 229, 230. "Thomas Jefferson's well-known
idea for a serpentine brick wall would do credit to a contemporary of
ours" (p. 18).
"Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1943," Life, XIV (April 12, 1943), 62-75; illus.
Jefferson "was the first important American to take an intelligent interest
in architecture" (p. 71).
Waterman, Thomas T. "His [Jefferson's] Early Works in Architecture,"
Gazette des Beaux Arts, XXIV (Aug., 1943), 89-106; illus.
1944
Betts, Edwin M. Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book, 1766-1824. Philadelphia:
American Philosophical Society, 1944. Illus.
Hamlin, Talbot. Greek Revival Architecture in America: Being an Account
of Important Trends in American Architecture and American Life Prior
to the War Between the States. London: Oxford University Press, 1944.
pp. 3, 6, 7, 9, 17-22, 27n., 54, 173, 189n., 190, 192, 320, 327, 339; illus.,
pl. IV. 2nd ed., New York: Dover, 1964. Hamlin points out that Jeffersonian
classicism is never "fragile."
Kimball, Fiske. See 1943.
1945
Bowers, Claude G. The Young Jefferson, 1743-1789. Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin, 1945. pp. 213, 222, 372-74, 411. "The plan for the Capitol was
wanted in Richmond within six weeks of the arrival of the letter [of
request], which left Jefferson but two, or at the utmost three, weeks for
the work" (pp. 372-73).
Bullock, Helen Duprey. My Head and My Heart: A Little History of Thomas
Jefferson and Maria Cosway. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. pp.
4, 8, 9-10, 30, 62, 65, 66, 164, 182; illus., opp. p. 180. "The nails for the
buildings of the University of Virginia were made at Monticello; the
daily supervision of the brickmakers, builders, and tinners was
[Jefferson's] continuous duty" (p. 180). The University records do not
show any payment to Jefferson for nails made at Monticello.
Catalogue of the Library of the University Arranged Alphabetically. See
1828.
Waterman, Thomas T. The Mansions of Virginia, 1706-1776. Chapel Hill,
N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1945. pp. 14, 30, 32-33, 51,
403, 406, 407, 409, 413, 414, 416, 419, 421, 423; illus., pp. 386, 388-92,
395-96. Reprinted 1946, 1950. New York: Bonanza Books, 1965. "As
early as May 18, 1768, Jefferson had begun grading on a mountain top
near Shadwell a site two hundred by six hundred feet for his new house"
(p. 387). The drawings "of Monticello of this early period, show that
Jefferson was already a competent draftsman and designer" (p. 398).
Review:
Art Bulletin, XXVIII (Sept., 1946), 205-8. Fiske Kimball.
1946
Betts, Edwin M. "Ground Plans and Prints of the University of Virginia,
1822-1826," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, XC
(April, 1946), 81-90; illus. A discussion of the early iconography of the
University.
Dumbald, Edward. Thomas Jefferson, American Tourist: Being an Account
of His Journeys in the United States of America, England, France, Italy,
the Low Countries, and Germany. Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma
Press, 1946. passim; illus. There are many references to the
architecture seen by Jefferson during his travels.
Martin, P. "Jefferson's True Love: Third President of the United States
Poured Out His Genius and Emptied His Purse To Make a Perfect
Home," Saturday Evening Post, CCXVIII (April 13, 1946), 22-23+;
illus.
Padover, Saul K., ed. Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital, 17831818.
Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office,
1946. A selection of Jefferson letters.
Sanders, G. V. "Thomas Jefferson's Inventions," Popular Science, CXLVIII
(Jan., 1946), 104-13; illus.
Waterman. See 1945.
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration. See 1940.
1947
Berman, Eleanor D. Thomas Jefferson among the Arts: An Essay in Early
American Esthetics. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947. pp. 19, 24,
40, 45, 61, 75, 76, 82, 83, 92, 94, 103, 113-71, 178, 185, 231, 257, 260,
261, 262; illus., figs. 8, 11, 12, 13, 14. "The art [of architecture]
logical arrangement. In the realm of spatial relationships it represented
the same internal organization and coordination of parts in a whole
which, on a more abstract plane, was afforded him by his `favorite study'
of mathematics" (p. 114).
Review:
William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd ser., VI (Jan., 1949), 130. Karl
Lehmann.
Hamlin, Talbot. Architecture, An Art for All Men. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1947. pp. 213, 214. "Jefferson, to be sure, in his
reaction against Colonial architecture, turned to the work of Palladio for
guidance; but his own home, . . . the Virginia state capitol . . . , and
his master work the University of Virginia all show with what freedom
he used this inspiration" (p. 214).
Kimball, Fiske. "Form and Function in the Architecture of Jefferson,"
Magazine of Art, XL (April, 1947), 150-53; illus.
—, and Marie G. Kimball. "Jefferson's Curtains at Monticello," Antiques,
LII (Oct., 1947), 266-68; illus.
Lees-Milne, James. The Age of Adam. London: B. T. Batsford, 1947. p. 167.
"The American Chiswick House [i.e., Monticello] was actually carried
out in the last decade of the [18th] century and was not even regarded
as an anachronism when completed in 1809."
Lehman, Karl. Thomas Jefferson, American Humanist. New York: Macmillan,
1947. 2nd impression, 1965. 1st Phoenix ed., Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1965. pp. 2, 25, 26ff., 51-53, 55ff., 62, 75ff., 126ff., chaps.
X and XI passim, 217ff., 222, 248ff.; illus., between pp. 162-63, 194-95.
"This cubism of the neoclassic architect Jefferson, his explicit stress on
the three-dimensional simplicity of axiomatic bodies, elaborates a basic
and true aspect of ancient architecture. But it also has a strangely
modern ring to it" (p. 167).
Patterson, Augusta O. "Monticello," Town and Country, CI (Nov., 1947),
98-105, 136; illus. "The sketches for the calico valances and dimity
curtains . . . give an insight into the scrupulous care Jefferson gave to
the smallest detail at Monticello" (p. 99).
Randolph. See 1871.
Rhodes. See 1928.
Rice, Howard C., Jr. L'hôtel de Langeac: Jefferson's Paris Residence:
Résidence de Jefferson à Paris, 1785-1789. Paris and Monticello: Chez
Henri Lefebvre and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1947.
projecting, shaped room, a feature so liked by Jefferson.
Tunnard, Christopher. "Minerva's Union," Architectural Review, CI (Feb.,
1947), 57-62; illus. "Jefferson's desire to found in the University of
Virginia a state institution independent of the church was largely French
in inspiration" (p. 58).
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration. See 1940.
1948
Abernethy, Thomas Perkins. Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia.
Richmond: Dietz Press, 1948. pp. 4-5, 45; illus., frontis. and opp. pp. 5,
8, 13, 21, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44. A good over-all view of the University of
Virginia with interesting illustrations.
Fifty Years in Richmond, 1898-1948: A Photographic Review. Richmond:
Valentine Museum, 1948. pp. 22-23. Contains a superb photograph of
the Capitol in Richmond before the wings were added in 1905.
Fitch, James M. American Building: The Forces That Shape It. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1948. pp. 22, 23, 26, 27, 31-45, 126, 129; illus., figs.
36-38. 2nd ed., rev. and enl., American Building: I: The Historical
Forces That Shaped It, Cambridge, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1966, pp.
29, 34, 40, 43, 44, 51-58, 59, 60-67, 68, 69, 70-72, 82, 83, 98, 176, 181,
221, 299, 309, 310, 312; illus., figs. 52-57. Jefferson "saw architecture in
both its theoretical and practical aspects and he understood . . . the
interpenetration of the two" (p. 32, 1st ed.).
Fletcher. See 1905.
Giedion. Siegfried. Mechanization Takes Command: A Contribution to
Anonymous History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1948. pp. 84,
94, 289-90, 455; illus., figs. 161, 290. "It is difficult to understand
Jefferson's building his bed across an open passageway if it did not
disappear when not in use" (p. 455).
Malone, Dumas. Jefferson and His Time. 3 of 5 vols. Boston: Little, Brown,
1948—. I, 126-27, 143-52, 163, 287-88; illus., opp. p. 131. III, pp.
221, 222, 223, 225-27, 228-31, 232-35, 236-38, 240-42; illus., opp. p.
227 and on p. 230. "Fundamentally Jefferson was austere. He preferred
chaste architectural models and he worked out his proportions mathematically
before he drew his plans in ink. He was not an unbridled
genius in this or any other field" (I, 148). "Jefferson's workmen made
his brick on his own place out of the clay of his native region" (III,
233-34).
Pratt, Richard. "Around Charlottesville," Ladies Home Journal, LXV
(Nov., 1948), 44-49; illus.
Reynolds, James. Andrea Palladio and the Winged Device. New York:
Creative Age Press, 1948. pp. 110, 279-85, 287-89, 294, 307, 308.
1949
Bridenbaugh, Carl. Peter Harrison: First American Architect. Chapel Hill,
N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1949. p. 154. "Thomas
Jefferson, as much a disciple of Palladio as Peter Harrison, independently
succeeded in making his innovation the new national style."
Kimball, Fiske. "The Building of Bremo," Virginia Magazine of History
and Biography, LVII (Jan., 1949), 3-13; illus. "The subsequent documents
make it very doubtful that Jefferson himself made a design for
Bremo. His influence on the house, which so fully embodies his principles,
was none the less very direct" (p. 8).
—. "Jefferson and the Public Buildings of Virginia. I. Williamsburg,
1770-1776," Huntington Library Quarterly, XII (Feb., 1949), 115-20.
Reprinted separately.
—. "Jefferson and the Public Buildings of Virginia. II. Richmond,
1779-1780," ibid., XII (May, 1949), 303-10. Reprinted separately.
—. See also 1943.
Pratt, Richard. A Treasury of Early American Homes. New York: Whittlesey
House, 1949. pp. 3, 27, 37, 38, 43, 44, 72, 89, 90-95; illus., pp.
90-93, 95. "Americans of taste and influence . . . were spending time in
France . . . and were traveling in Italy . . . —Jefferson foremost among
them—to observe the Classic models face to face" (p. 89).
1949-50
Roberts, Chalmers M. Washington, Past and Present: A Pictorial History of
the Nation's Capital. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1949-50.
pp. 53-54.
1950
Frary. See 1931.
Gallion, Arthur B. The Urban Pattern: City Planning and Design. New
York: Van Nostrand, 1950. pp. 55, 56, 339. Reprinted 1951, 1953, 1956,
woven into a pattern of geometrical order. Such a plan appealed to the
aristocratic tastes of men like Washington and Jefferson and it was such
a plan that was adopted by them in 1791" (p. 55).
Gilchrist, Agnes Addison. William Strickland, Architect and Engineer,
1788-1854. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950. pp.
10, 34. "The idea of using the [Choragic] monument of [Lysicrates]
was not original with Strickland; it had occurred to Thomas Jefferson
who had written to Benjamin H. Latrobe, commending it to his attention"
(p. 10).
"Ideas for Small Gardens: Pavilion Gardens at the University of Virginia,"
House and Garden, XCVII (Feb., 1950), 122; illus.
Kimball, Fiske. "Designed by Jefferson," Louisville, Ky., Courier-Journal,
Oct. 1, 1950, pp. 24-27. A feature article for the magazine section.
—. "Jefferson's Designs for Two Kentucky Houses," Journal of the
Society of Architectural Historians, IX (Oct., 1950), 14-16; illus. "The
essential scheme of this plan [Farmington in Kentucky] of Jefferson's,
unique in his work, is its having the two octagonal rooms back to back
separated by a hall, and each flanked by square bedrooms, within a
generally square mass, 50 × 62 feet″ (p. 16).
Kimball, Marie G. Jefferson, the Scene of Europe, 1784 to 1789. New York:
Coward-McCann, 1950. pp. 16, 105, 187, 218, 255, 259, 308. The book
notes many architectural observations by Jefferson during his stay
abroad.
Revis, A. "Mr. Jefferson's Charlottesville," National Geographic Magazine,
XCVII (May, 1950), 559-92; illus.
Thurlow, Constance E., and Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. The Jefferson Papers of
the University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia
Library, 1950. The contents of each document are outlined, and the
many architectural references are easily found in the excellent index.
Waterman, Thomas T. Dwellings of Colonial America. Chapel Hill, N.C.:
University of North Carolina Press, 1950. pp. 66-73, 113, 181.
Review:
Art Bulletin, XXXIII (March, 1951), 65-67. Fiske Kimball.
—. See also 1945.
Waterson, Joseph. Architecture, Five Thousand Years of Building. New
York: W. W. Norton, 1950. pp. 63, 313-16, 352; illus., between pp.
220-21. Jefferson's lifelong interest in architecture "was that of a scholar
and idealist, guided by unerring taste" (p. 313).
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration. See 1940.
1951
Caldwell. See 1809.
Gaines, William H., Jr. "Warehouse and Roman Temple: The Capitols of
the Commonwealth, 1780-1951," Virginia Cavalcade, I (Summer,
1951), 4-8; illus. "As late as 1792 the new capitol [in Richmond] was
still unfinished. The cornices were incomplete, a good deal of plastering
remained to be done, and the roof and gutters still needed tightening.
The rough bricks were still bare, stucco not being applied until 1798"
(p. 6).
Gallion. See 1950.
Kimball, Marie G. "Jefferson's Works of Art at Monticello," Antiques, LIX
(April, 1951), 297-99, 308; illus.
Kocher, A. Lawrence, and Howard B. Dearstyne. "Discovery of the Foundations
for Jefferson's Addition to the Wren Building," in Charles E.
Peterson, ed., "American Notes," Journal of the Society of Architectural
Historians, X (Oct., 1951), 28-31; illus. Jefferson "proposed the enlargement
of the Wren Building of the College [of William and Mary] to
make of the U-shaped structure which existed in his day . . . a rectangular
building with an open square or quadrangle at the center" (p. 28).
Lancaster, Clay. "Jefferson's Architectural Indebtedness to Robert Morris,"
ibid., X (March, 1951), 2-10; illus. An article which is a little overenthusiastic
and which bases some claims on the erroneous supposition
that the present hip roofs of the Ranges of the University of Virginia are
original when, in fact, the original roofs were flat.
"Monticello," Antiques, LIX (April, 1951), 293-96; illus.
Mumford, Lewis. The Conduct of Life. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1951. p.
185. "The ideal of the gentleman, fully cultivated in every aptitude of
mind and body, lingered on into the nineteenth century: there was some
of the Renascence facility and roundness in men like Goethe and Jefferson."
Norton, Paul. "Latrobe's Ceiling for the Hall of Representatives," Journal of
the Society of Architectural Historians, X (May, 1951), 5-10; illus. The
article is an account of the design of an original structure which
proceeds by means of the intellectual exchange between Jefferson and
Latrobe.
Pickering, Ernest. The Homes of America, as They Have Expressed the
Lives of Our People for Three Centuries. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell,
1951. pp. 182-85; illus., figs. 13-1, 13-2, 13-5. Jefferson "believed that
American drive and energy than was the intimacy of the Colonial" (p.
183).
Smith, B. M. "Loftiest Edifices Need the Deepest Foundations: Monticello,"
Hobbies, LVI (April, 1951), 58-60; illus.
1952
Dowdey, C. "He Lives at Monticello," Holiday, XII (Dec., 1952), 72-73+;
illus.
Downing, Antoinette F., and Vincent Scully, Jr. The Architectural Heritage
of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640-1915. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 1952. pp. 74, 80-81, 93, 98, 107, 118. The book
discusses Jefferson's visit to Newport in 1790 and the subsequent possible
influence of Peter Harrison. It further states that "it was the nineteenth
century suburb which continued to evolve, in a rapidly urbanizing
society, that sense of the necessity for agrarian experience which had
been so important in the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. . . .
The domestic program of the single family house on its own land
retained, therefore, the power to generate invention and growth" (p.
118).
Eberlein, Harold D., and Cortlandt V. D. Hubbard. American Georgian
Architecture. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1952. pp. 41,
42, 43, 54. "Notwithstanding Jefferson's low opinion of English architecture,
his manifest leaning towards French ideals, and his zeal for close
adherence to Palladian precept, outside of his immediate sphere of
personal influence, America still relied mainly upon British architectural
guidance, used British architectural books, and assimilated the practices
of the Brothers Adam and their imitators in composition, plan, and
embellishment" (pp. 41-42).
Gaines, William H., Jr. "From Desolation to Restoration: The Story of
`Monticello' since Jefferson," Virginia Cavalcade, I (Spring, 1952), 4-8;
illus.
"Jefferson's Influence on American Architecture, Yale University Conference,"
Builder, CLXXXII (June 13, 1952), 885.
Middleton, Arthur P., ed. A Virginia Gentleman's Library as Proposed to
Robert Skipwith and Now Assembled in the Brush-Everard House,
Williamsburg, Virginia. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg,
1952. Although there are no architectural books in this list, there is a
small section on "Criticism on the Fine Arts" which included Lord
Beautiful, and Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty, all works which helped to
form Jefferson's own taste.
Morrison, Hugh S. Early American Architecture from the First Colonial
Settlements to the National Period. New York: Oxford University Press,
1952. pp. 69, 333, 368-72, 373-76, 377-80; illus., figs. 311-12, 315-16,
317. Reprinted 1966. Morrison says that Jefferson was a political radical
but a conservative architect. He also points out that Jefferson "with his
methodical mind, trained to mathematics, . . . predetermined all his
proportions and dimensions by calculations" (p. 374).
Mumford, Lewis. Roots of Contemporary American Architecture. New
York: Reinhold, 1952. pp. 6, 38, 117, 118, 119, 127, 128, 131, 369-81.
The book contains a reprint of the chapter "The Basis of Universalism"
from Mumford's The South in Architecture, 1941.
Norton, Paul. "Latrobe, Jefferson, and the National Capitol." Ph.D. dissertation,
Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, 1952.
Unpublished.
1952-59
Sowerby, E. Millicent. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson. 5 vols.
Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1952-59. The library is that
sold by Jefferson in 1815 to Congress. Those titles listed under architecture,
IV, 358-84, are of especial interest.
1953
Betts, Edwin M. Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, with Commentary and
Relevant Extracts from Other Writings. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University
Press, 1953. Illus., 2 pls. between pp. 56 and 57. There are many
passing references to farm buildings and to the production of nails in
this book. See the excellent index for these items.
Bo, Jørgen, and Børge Glahn. En Amerikansk arkitekt. København: Det
Schønbergske Forlag, 1953. Illus., fld. chronology. The entire publication
is devoted to Jefferson.
"Early Prisons: Virginia Penitentiary," in Charles E. Peterson, ed.,
"American Notes," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians,
XII (Dec., 1953), 26-30; illus.
Gallion. See 1950.
Hautecoeur, Louis. Histoire de l'architecture classique en France. 8 vols.
Paris: Editions A. et J. Picard, 1953. V, 56. Not only does Hautecoeur
speak of Jefferson's work with Clérisseau, but he says Jefferson "adaptait
le temple antique aux usages civils, mais exagérait les dimensions."
Howland, Richard H., and Eleanor P. Spencer. The Architecture of Baltimore:
A Pictorial History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1953. p. 51.
Robert Mills "in 1803 was befriended and encouraged by Thomas
Jefferson, himself a notable amateur, who further recommended him in
1804 to Latrobe."
Kimball, Marie G. "Original Furnishings of the White House," Antiques,
LXII (July, 1953), 32-36.
Lansdale, N. "House on the Nickel," House and Garden, CIII (Feb., 1953),
80-85+; illus.
"Monticello's Waterproofer," New Yorker, XXIX (Aug. 1, 1953), 13-14.
Newcomb, Rexford. Architecture in Old Kentucky. Urbana, Ill.; University
of Illinois Press, 1953. pp. 26-27, 45-46, 62. Discusses the Jeffersonian
influence on Liberty Hall, Frankfurt, Ky., and Farmington, near Louisville,
Ky. He adds that "Thomas Jefferson, . . . an architect of no mean
ability, preached the formation of a national style" (p. 26).
Rice, Howard C., Jr. "French Sources of Jefferson's Plan for the Prison at
Richmond," in Charles E. Peterson, ed., "American Notes," Journal of
the Society of Architectural Historians, XII (Dec., 1953), 28-30; illus.
"Jefferson's mention . . . of `M. Bugniet' enables us to identify the
`architect of Lyons' whose engraved plan for a prison based on the idea
of solitary confinement provided a stimulus to Jefferson's imagination"
(p. 29).
Summerson, John. Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830. London: Penguin
Books, 1953. pp. 220, 337, 347; illus., figs. 48, pls. 191 (B), 192 (A).
"Monticello in its first state showed more real thought than any previous
American building possibly excepting those of [Peter] Harrison" (p.
343).
1954
Bannister, Turpin C., ed. The Architect at Mid-Century: Evolution and
Achievement. New York: Reinhold, 1954. pp. 72, 94, 95, 96, 102. "In
1814, Jefferson proposed the first university program in any country
which specifically incorporated a professional curriculum in architecture"
(p. 94).
Clemons, Harry. The University of Virginia Library, 1825-1950: Story of a
Jeffersonian Foundation. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia
Library, 1954. pp. 1, 12, 13, 174, 175; illus., opp. pp. 42, 43, 58.
Kimball, Fiske. "Thomas Jefferson and Civic Art," in Christopher Tunnard
and John Peake, eds. City Planning at Yale, a Selection of Papers and
Projects. New Haven, Conn.: Graduate Program in City Planning,
Department of Architecture, Yale University, 1954. pp. 25-32.
Kocher, A. Lawrence, and Howard B. Dearstyne. Shadows in Silver: A
Record of Virginia, 1850-1900, in Contemporary Photographs Taken by
George and Huestis Cook with Additions from the Cook Collection. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1954. pp. 21, 68, 71, 82, 93, 94, 95, 181,
203; illus., pp. 11, 27-28, 93, 94, 206-8, 247. Although Jefferson is often
referred to, the illustrations are the important part of this book, including
one of the Rotunda fire which destroyed most of the original
Jeffersonian building.
Long, E. J. "Living Links with Jefferson: Trees at Monticello," American
Forests, XL (Nov., 1954), 20-23+; illus.
O'Neal, William B. "Francesco Milizia, 1725-1798," Journal of the Society
of Architectural Historians, XIII (Oct., 1954), 12-15. Jefferson said of
Milizia "his work, as a text book, furnished excellent matter for a course
of lectures on [architecture], which I shall hope to have introduced into
our institution" (p. 12).
Rothery, Agnes E. Houses Virginians Have Loved. New York: Rinchart,
[1954]. pp. 129-33, 164-73, 181-86; illus., figs. 44-45, 54-56, 61. New
York: Bonanza Books, [1954?]. "Monticello is the actual biography,
written not in words but in brick and wood, in mortar and glass, of its
brilliant and original creator" (p. 164).
"Shrine News: New Modern Facilities Added to Monticello," Hobbies, LIX
(Oct., 1954), 36.
1955
Andrews, Wayne. Architecture, Ambition, and Americans. New York: Harper
and Bros., 1955. pp. xvii, xxii, 34, 54, 60-64, 65, 66, 69-70, 74, 75,
76, 77, 78, 84, 97, 194; illus., p. 65. "Jefferson's domed country seat,
finally completed in 1809, was far more than the reconstruction in the
United States of a design found in Palladio's works" (p. 62). Andrews
also calls the University of Virginia "one of the supreme achievements of
American architecture . . . not to be rivaled until 1938, when Frank
Lloyd Wright began sketching the layout of Florida Southern [College]"
(p. 64).
Carpenter, Ralph E., Jr. The Fifty Best Historic American Houses. New
York: E. P. Dutton, 1955. pp. 88-89; illus.
Gaines, William H., Jr. "Thomas Jefferson's Favorite Hideaway," Virginia
Cavalcade, V (Summer, 1955), 36-39; illus. "The foundations of the
brick house that became `Poplar Forest' were laid the summer [of 1806]
and work progressed sufficiently to allow [Jefferson] to occupy the place
three years later. . . . its master was still making minor changes and
alterations as late as 1822" (p. 36).
—. "Under a Jeffersonian Dome," ibid., 20-25; illus. "Work on [the
Rotunda] was not commenced until the spring of 1823, more than four
years after the University of Virginia had been chartered by the General
Assembly" (pp. 20-21).
Hamlin, Talbot. Benjamin Henry Latrobe. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1955. pp. 15, 25, 26, 120, 121n., 122, 123, 124, 129, 140, 141,
147n., 170, 179, 210, 217, 222, 224, 230-31, 232, 256-58, 266-77,
279-80, 282n., 287, 288, 291, 292-93, 294, 300, 301, 327-28, 331, 333,
355, 359n., 377n., 439, 440, 473, 531-32. The book contains the best
coverage of the relationship between Jefferson and Latrobe. Hamlin also
says there was "a fire proof archive room for the Treasury Department,
to be included in one of the long one-story colonnaded wings which
Jefferson wished to add to the President's House and for which he had
made the first drawings himself" (pp. 292-93). "It was within the limits
set by these drawings that Latrobe had to work" (p. 294).
Kimball, Marie G. "Feast Days at Monticello," McCall's, LXXXIII (Nov.,
1955), 42-27+; illus.
Mumford. See 1924.
Nichols, Frederick D. "The Rotunda: Once More the Center of the University,"
University of Virginia Alumni News, XLIII (March, 1955), 4-7;
illus.
Noffsinger, James P. The Influence of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the
Architects of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University
of America Press, 1955. pp. 4-6. "Some Americans of this period also
practiced architecture with a strong French flavor. . . . the most important
was Thomas Jefferson. . . . His close connections with France were
reflected in some of his buildings" (p. 4).
Tunnard, Christopher, and Henry H. Reed. American Skyline: The Growth
and Form of Our Cities and Towns. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. pp.
21, 53, 56-57, 58, 59, 71, 73, 74, 103, 189, 266; illus., between pp.
94-95. 2nd ed., New York: New American Library (Mentor Books),
1956, pp. 28, 49, 51-52, 53, 54, 63, 64, 143, 198; illus. "For Jefferson
the challenge was to show the world that we could build as well as we
architecture unusual even for the times" (p. 56, 1st ed.).
1955-56
O'Neal, William B., and Frederick D. Nichols. "An Architectural History of
the First University Pavilion," Magazine of Albemarle County History,
XV (1955-56), 36-43; illus. "The exact date when ground was broken
for [Pavilion VII] is unknown, but it may be presumed to be not much
later, at least, than June 23, 1817, which was the date of the contract for
the carpentry work with John M. Perry" (p. 36).
1956
"Central City Housing: Return to the Outdoor Room," Architectural Forum,
CV (Sept., 1956), 120-21; illus. "If we wish to give this design type the
cachet of genius-architect ancestry, Jefferson is as good a man to settle
on as any, with his Lawn at the University of Virginia" (p. 121).
Fletcher. See 1905.
Gaines, William H., Jr. "A Home Dedicated to Service," Virginia Cavalcade,
VI (Autumn, 1956), 20-29; illus. General Cocke's "desire to make
`Bremo' a model of architectural excellence caused him to turn frequently
to Thomas Jefferson for advice and counsel" (p. 22).
—. "The `Penitentiary House,' " ibid., VI (Summer, 1956), 11-17; illus.
"It was decided not to adopt Mr. Jefferson's design" (p. 14).
Gallion. See 1950.
"L'homme qui inventa l'architecture classique: Andrea Palladio," Realités,
No. 121 (Feb., 1956), pp. 30-37; illus. Includes Monticello in a discussion
of Palladio's influence.
Malone, Dumas. "At Home with Thomas Jefferson," New York Times
Magazine, July 1, 1956, pp. 8-9+; illus. Reply by L. Loeb, July 22, 1956,
p. 4.
Mumford, Lewis. "Where the Great City Spreads," New Yorker, XXXII
(March 3, 1956), 102-12. "One is bound to admire . . . Jefferson's
great design for the University of Virginia" (p. 109).
Nichols, Frederick D. "Architectural Notes" in The Colonnade Club of the
University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.: Colonnade Club, 1956. pp.
14-16. 2nd ed., [1965], pp. 15-17. The Colonnade Club is housed in
Pavilion VII of the University of Virginia.
O'Neal, William B. Jefferson's Fine Arts Library for the University of
Virginia, with Additional Notes on Architectural Volumes Known to
Press, 1956. A study of the fine arts libraries assembled or ordered
by Jefferson.
Padover, Saul K. A Jefferson Profile, as Revealed in His Letters. New York:
John Day, 1956. pp. 32, 46-47, 115, 157-58, 232, 241.
Pratt, Dorothy, and Richard Pratt. A Guide to Early American Homes:
South. New York: Bonanza Books, 1956. pp. 2, 9; illus., p. 2. A standard
guidebook reference to Monticello.
Rudolph, Paul. "The Six Determinants of Architectural Form," Architectural
Record, CXX (Oct., 1956), 183-90; illus., p. 187. The illustration
of the University of Virginia is the only reference to Jefferson. It is
given as an example of "the sense of repose" (p. 187).
"Russborough," Vogue, CXXVII (March 15, 1956), 106; illus.
Tunnard and Reed. See 1955.
Withey, Henry F., and Elsie R. Withey. Biographical Dictionary of American
Architects (Deceased). Los Angeles, Calif.: New Age Publishing,
1956, pp. 322-23. Not a very accurate item, calling, for example, Poplar
Forest "Popular Springs" (p. 322)!
1957
Bear, James A., Jr. Old Pictures of Monticello, an Essay in Historical
Iconography. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1957.
Illus. "Thomas Jefferson in 1809 completed Monticello with its central
pavilion and terraced boardwalks connecting the two outbuildings" (p.
1).
Boyd, Julian P., ed. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 17 vols. to date.
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1950—. passim.
Bush-Brown, Albert. "College Architecture: An Expression of Educational
Philosophy," Architectural Record, CXXII (Aug., 1957), 154-57; illus.,
p. 155. "When he designed the University of Virginia . . . Jefferson
made an arrangement of many small, separate buildings and connected
them by porticoes, probably inspired by the ancient Roman villa plan
that had been taken up by French chateaux and their dependencies, as at
Marly" (p. 156).
Gallion. See 1950.
Grady, James H., Frederick D. Nichols, and William B. O'Neal. Index of
American Architectural Drawings before 1900. Charlottesville, Va.:
American Association of Architectural Bibliographers, 1957. pp. 5, 6,
11, 12. A list of locations where the drawings of Jefferson may be found.
Mass, John. The Gingerbread Age: A View of Victorian America. New
York: Rinehart, 1957. p. 32. "Thomas Jefferson was a great designer
and a most ardent advocate for the Greek Revival" (p. 32). Perpetuates
the myth of Jefferson being a Greek Revivalist instead of a Roman
Revivalist.
Nichols, Frederick D. The Early Architecture of Georgia. Chapel Hill, N.C.:
University of North Carolina Press, 1957. pp. 33, 39, 41, 42, 46, 48, 49,
52, 124, 126, 127, 128, 136. "Outside of Virginia, the finest Jefferson
inspired design . . . is the Governor's mansion in Milledgeville" (p.
126).
Scott, Mary W., and Louise F. Catterall. Virginia's Capitol Square: Its
Buildings and Its Monuments. Richmond: Valentine Museum, 1957.
Illus. "Virginia's Capitol is far from being a replica of the Maison
Carrée. Its greater size and its location give a very different effect from
the little temple surrounded with modern buildings on a city square. The
order was changed from Corinthian to Ionic, easier for inexperienced
workmen to execute. The portico is two columns deep where the one at
Nîmes is three, Clérisseau suggesting that the deeper portico would
darken the interior. Jefferson eliminated the [engaged] columns along
the sides. The pilasters which replace them do not appear in the model
and may therefore have been the idea of Samuel Dobie, the local
architect in charge of erecting the Capitol" (p. 9).
Truett, Randle B. Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson. New York: Hastings
House, 1957. Illus. "[Monticello] is a superlative document, displaying
the taste and skill of the first architect of the Republic" (p. 6).
Washington-Metropolitan Chapter, American Institute of Architects. Washington
Architecture, 1791-1957. New York: Reinhold, 1957. p. 14. A
mention only.
Watson, L. M. "Thomas Jefferson's Other Home: Poplar Forest," Antiques,
LXXI (April, 1957), 342-46; illus. Reply, LXXII (Aug., 1957), 154.
1957-58
Abernethy, Thomas P. "The University," Jeffersonian, XXII (1957-58),
24-26; illus.
1958
Arnold, Gustavus. "An Historic Old Virginia Plantation Becomes an Architectural
Triumph as a Matchless Country Club," Michigan Society of
Architects Monthly Bulletin, XXXII (Dec., 1958), 25-31; illus.
Bear, James A., Jr. "Thomas Jefferson's Silver," Antiques, LXXIV (Sept.,
1958), 220-21, 233-36; illus.
Beirne, Rosamund R., and John H. Scharff. William Buckland, 1734-1774:
Architect of Virginia and Maryland. Baltimore: Maryland Historical
Society, 1958. pp. 15, 22-23. "It was within the capabilities of men like
. . . Jefferson to attempt to master all knowledge" (p. 15).
"Farmington, Ky.," Historic Preservation, X, No. 1 (1958), 22-23; illus.
Gallion. See 1950.
"Glory of Palladio," Time, LXXI (Jan. 13, 1958), 74-77.
Goolrick, Chester. "Hopes That Failed," Virginia Cavalcade, VII (Spring,
1958), 8-18; illus. A discussion of Oak Hill with a passing reference to
Jefferson's connection with its design.
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.
Harmondsworth and Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1958. 2nd ed., rev.,
1963. 3rd ed., 1967. pp. 5, 79, 81; illus., fig. 12, pl. 38. "Jefferson's
drastic aim of forcing all the requirements of a fairly complex modern
building inside the rigid mould of a Roman temple was more consonant
with the absolutism of the French in this period than with the rather
looser formal ideals of the English" (p. 5). "Here . . . patterns of
educational architecture were reconstituted in Romantical Classical guise
yet the University of Virginia did not have a very considerable influence,
then or later" (p. 81).
"House," New Yorker, XXXIV (June 14, 1958), 23-24.
Howarth, Thomas. "Architect on the Campus," Listener (London), LIX
(Jan. 2, 1958), 14.
McCormick, Thomas J. Charles-Louis Clérisseau. Charlottesville, Va.: American
Association of Architectural Bibliographers, 1958. 2nd ed., rev. and
enl. in William B. O'Neal, ed. American Association of Architectural
Bibliographers, Papers IV. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of
Virginia, 1967. pp. 11-16. Gives the background sources for the relationship
between Clérisseau and Jefferson.
Nichols, Frederick D., and William B. O'Neal. Architecture in Virginia,
1776-1958: The Old Dominion's Twelve Best Buildings. Richmond:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1958. pp. 6-7; illus. "Jefferson created a
composition which was entirely his own [for the University of Virginia],
within a framework that was . . . neo-classic" (p. 7).
Profiles of the Time of James Monroe, 1758-1831. Washington, D.C.:
Smithsonian Institution, 1958. Catalogue of an exhibition that included
a drawing of Monticello by Jefferson.
"The Seven Wonders," Time. LXXII (Sept. 29, 1958), 83.
Whiffen, Marcus. The Public Buildings of Williamsburg, Colonial Capital of
Virginia: An Architectural History. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial Williamsburg,
1958. pp. 14, 15, 24, 38, 60, 63, 65, 98, 103, 118, 132, 136,
138, 143, 149, 150, 161, 172-73, 174, 177-81, 181-85, 185-87, 189, 210,
211, 217, 218, 220, 226, 233; illus., figs. 36, 71-79. Jefferson's influence
from and on Williamsburg is thoroughly explored, described, and authenticated
in this book.
1958-59
O'Neal, William B. "The Workmen at the University of Virginia,
1817-1826: With Notes and Documents," Magazine of Albemarle
County History, XVII (1958-59), 5-48; illus. "One of the major problems
Jefferson faced in the execution of the University buildings was the
extreme difficulty of finding competent workmen" (p. 5).
1958-67
Bear, James A., Jr. Report of the Curator to the Board of Directors of the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. 10 vols. Monticello, Va.:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1958-67. Illus. This publication,
issued each year, chronicles the gradual additions to the restoration
at Monticello.
1959
Clemens, C. "At Home with Thomas Jefferson," Hobbies, LXIV (April,
1959), 108.
Dos Passos, John. "Builders for a Golden Age," American Heritage, X
(Aug., 1959), 65-77; illus. Reprinted in John Dos Passos. Prospects of a
Golden Age. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959. Perpetuates the
Greek myth. "When Jefferson went around to Clérisseau's studio, soon
after arriving in Paris, the elegance and balanced strength of the Greek
temple form burst on him anew" (p. 69).
Gallion. See 1950.
Jones, Cranston. "Pride and Prejudices of the Master," Life, XLVI (April
27, 1959), 54, 56. Frank Lloyd Wright is quoted as saying "if Thomas
of the table" (p. 54).
Monticello in Pictures, 1770-1959. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia,
1959. Catalogue of an exhibition including two drawings by
Jefferson.
O'Neal, William B. A Checklist of Writings on Thomas Jefferson as an
Architect. Charlottesville, Va.: American Association of Architectural
Bibliographers, 1959. Also issued as Secretary's News Sheet, No. 43
(Sept., 1959), by the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia.
Reed, Henry H. The Golden City. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1959. pp.
63, 64, 66, 76, 100, 106, 107, 113, 118. "Thomas Jefferson . . . more
than any other of our heroes watched over the nation's taste" (p. 63).
Jefferson is also used as an example for a number of other points in the
text.
Roberts, George, and Mary Roberts. Triumph on Fairmount: Fiske Kimball
and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott,
1959. pp. 31-34, 36, 39, 40, 160, 161, 163, 164, 166, 167, 207, 255, 269,
286, 309. The life of the principal Jeffersonian scholar of the first half of
the twentieth century.
"When Civic Architecture Flourished," Architectural Forum, CX (Jan.,
1959), 106-7; illus. only. The Capitol at Richmond is wrongly grouped
with a series of plates labeled "the Greek Revival Movement" (p. 107).
1959-60
O'Neal, William B. "Michele and Giacomo Raggi at the University of
Virginia: With Notes and Documents," Magazine of Albemarle County
History, XVIII (1959-60), 5-31. "A graphic picture of the relations
between Jefferson and the University on the one hand and two specialized
workmen on the other" (p. 5).
1960
Bush-Brown, Albert. Louis Sullivan. New York: George Braziller, 1960. p.
12. "Too many Americans followed the amateur example of Thomas
Jefferson who . . . insisted upon covering the brilliantly serviceable site
plan for the University of Virginia with temple fronts Jefferson copied
from books. . . . Such misapplied scholarship ferried the pagan classic
(p. 12).
Condit, Carl W. American Building Art: The Nineteenth Century. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1960. p. 265. A reference to Jefferson's
influence on United States architecture.
Nichols, Frederick D. Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings. Boston:
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1960. Illus. 2nd ed., rev., Boston and
Charlottesville, Va.: Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson
Memorial Foundation, and the University of Virginia Press, 1961. "[If
Jefferson] had done nothing else, he would be remembered today for his
distinguished buildings" (p. 9).
O'Neal, William B. Jefferson's Buildings at the University of Virginia: The
Rotunda. Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia Press, 1960. Illus.
Reproduces the drawings and documents pertaining to the original
Rotunda.
Reviews:
Art Bulletin, XLIV (March, 1962), 79-80. Carl F. Barnes, Jr.
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XXI (March,
1962), 39. Paul F. Norton.
Peterson, Merrill D. The Jefferson Image in the American Mind. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1960. pp. 382, 390, 394, 395-98, 400, 405, 432.
"Although Jefferson was the recognized architect of Monticello, the
importance of that achievement and of his architectural work generally,
both from a professional and an artistic standpoint, went comparatively
unnoticed until the second decade of this century" (p. 395).
"Returned to Monticello," Antiques, LXXVIII (Nov., 1960), 482.
Scully, Vincent, Jr. Frank Lloyd Wright. George Braziller, 1960. pp. 11, 22,
26, 28. "Wright was the heir, in architecture—and regarded himself as
being so—of a tradition in part Jeffersonian." The four references in 21
pages of text show the extent of that tradition.
The Virginia Capitol at Richmond. Richmond: [The Capitol], n.d. A tourist
brochure given by the Capitol hostesses.
Whiffen, Marcus. The Eighteenth-Century Houses of Williamsburg: A Study
of Architecture and Building in the Colonial Capital of Virginia. Williamsburg,
Va.: Colonial Williamsburg, 1960. pp. 17, 42, 52, 84, 171-72,
216; illus., p. 171. This, with the author's Public Buildings in Williamsburg,
1958, completes the information about Jefferson's architectural
activity in Williamsburg.
1961
Burchard, John, and Albert Bush-Brown. The Architecture of America: A
Social and Cultural History. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. pp. 44, 60, 64,
67, 68, 72, 73, 79, 81, 83, 87, 89, 90, 93, 94, 105, 106, 109, 119, 187, 204,
382, 487; illus., between pp. 84-85. "Jefferson had ideas of his own
about architecture and they were not entirely naive or untutored. He was
almost the last president of whom this could be said" (p. 79).
Fitch, James M. Architecture and the Esthetics of Plenty. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1961. pp. 7, 31-38, 45, 64, 125, 130, 146,
235, 250-51, 252; illus., p. 34. Fitch not only calls Jefferson a thoroughgoing
modernist but links him with Wright through their vision of the
splendid potentials of culture and their determination to employ it for
the enrichment of the lives of their countrymen.
Johnston, Johanna. Thomas Jefferson, His Many Talents. New York: Dodd,
Mead, 1961. pp. 34, 42-52, 77, 78, 96-100, 133, 134, 136-41; illus., pp.
33, 39, 42, 46, 48, 50, 78, 79, 97, 100, 122, 133, 137, 139, 140, 143,
148-49. A rather romantic view of Jefferson's architecture.
Jones, Cranston. Architecture, Today and Tomorrow. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1961. pp. 118, 155, 161. Jefferson is mentioned in passing as part of
the long American tradition of "nostalgic recall."
Lancaster, Clay. New York's First Suburb: Old Brooklyn Heights, Including
Detailed Analyses of 619 Century-Old Houses. Rutland, Vt.: Charles E.
Tuttle, 1961. p. 25. Lancaster classifies Jefferson as working within "one
phase of the Federal style . . . rightfully referred to as Classic Revival"
(p. 25).
Nichols, Frederick D. "Phoenix in Virginia," Arts in Virginia, I (Spring,
1961), 22-29 and cover; illus. Jefferson "believed that the most perfect
example of spherical architecture" was the "Pantheon in Rome which he
adapted at one-half scale for the Rotunda at the University [of Virginia]"
(p. 22).
—. See also 1960.
—, and William B. O'Neal. "The Restoration of Colonial Architecture in
Virginia," University of Virginia News Letter, XXXVII (March 15,
1961), 1-3. "The final restoration" of Monticello "was completed only a
few years ago" (p. 3).
Reps, John W. "Thomas Jefferson's Checkerboard Towns," Journal of the
Society of Architectural Historians, XX (Oct., 1961), 108-14; illus.
and their application during and after his presidency to at least two
communities" (p. 108).
Schuyler, Montgomery. American Architecture and Other Writings. Ed.
William H. Jordy and Ralph Coe. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1961. pp. 112-67, 252, 458-59. "His [unnamed] rival is of a more
aspiring mind, and has endeavored to carry out the precepts of the late
Thomas Jefferson by classicizing things modern" (p. 252).
Scully, Vincent, Jr. Modern Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy.
New York: George Braziller, 1961. pp. 14, 17; illus., pl. 14. Scully says
"the Romantic-Classic attitude, as formulated by the first architects of
modern times, can be traced from them to the present, linking together
Stuart and Revett, Ledoux, Jefferson, and the early work of Le Corbusier
where . . . it began to be enlivened by essential elements it had lacked
before" (p. 14).
Tatum, George B. Penn's Great Town: 250 Years of Philadelphia Architecture
Illustrated in Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia: University of
Pennsylvania Press, 1961. pp. 29, 55, 64, 73. "Jefferson's attitude toward
classic models points up the difficulty of separating those architectural
forms that stem directly out of a new interest in archaeology from those
that had descended indirectly through Vitruvius and the Italian Renaissance"
(p. 55).
Troubetzkoy, Ulrich. "Tuckahoe Plantation," Virginia Cavalcade, X
(Spring, 1961), 4-12; illus. A discussion of the plantation where Jefferson
"is said to have learned his letters," a part of his architectural
background.
1961-62
Via, Vera V. "Mr. Jefferson's Uneasy Rest," Virginia Cavalcade, XI (Winter,
1961-62), 27-32; illus. Monticello and its graveyard.
1962
Collins, Peter. "The Origins of Graph Paper as an Influence on Architectural
Design," Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XXI (Dec.,
1962), 159-62; illus. "There seems to be no evidence of anyone before
[Jefferson] using squared paper for architectural drawings" (p. 162).
"The use of graph paper was to be of incalculable importance in the
subsequent history of architecture, since it constituted the origin of what
Durand's system which, from 1795 onwards, was taught to engineering
students at the newly formed Ecole Polytechnique" (p. 161).
Cox, Warren. "The Mood of a Great Campus," Architectural Forum, CXVI
(Feb., 1962), 74-82; illus. Reprinted in University of Virginia Alumni
News, L (March, 1962), 4-12; illus. "The end result of the University of
Virginia is a remarkable blend of tough practicality and pure architecture.
. . . Here is a complete unity of diverse buildings all within an
orderly system that makes the functional relationship of the parts immediately
apparent. . . . Often called the greatest outdoor room in America,
it is a microcosm of society and architecture as Jefferson knew it
could be" (p. 4).
Green, Constance M. Washington: Village and Capital, 1800-1878. 2 vols.
Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1962. I, 7, 8, 44-48. The
book contains John Murry's (the British minister's) description of
Jefferson who was dressed in "an old brown coat, red waistcoat, old
corduroy small clothes much soiled, woolen hose and slippers without
heels" (I, 46-47).
Haskell, Douglas. "Editor's Note: Virginia Moves Forward," Architectural
Forum, CXVII (Dec., 1962), p. 128. "For a time it seemed as if even
Mr. Jefferson had been much too radical for his own university. . . . the
longer the maintenance department had Jefferson's colonnades in hand,
the more they began to undergo little changes reverting towards Georgian."
Jacobus, John M., Jr. Philip Johnson. New York: George Braziller, 1962. p.
36; illus., fig. 71A. "In commenting upon Mies's IIT master plan,
Johnson has noted that the subtle order of the design could profitably be
compared with a traditional, classically designed collegiate campus such
as that by Thomas Jefferson for the University of Virginia," and "the
University of St. Thomas is . . . a blend of Mies's Industrial Classicism
of the 1940's with the Romantic Classicism of the 1820's and once more
Johnson demonstrates the depth of his historical perception."
"Jefferson Left Directions for Building Curved Walls," Richmond Times-Dispatch,
Dec. 16, 1962, p. H-12. "Jefferson, who got his inspiration for
the lovely curved walls [at the University of Virginia] from the `ribbon'
walls he saw in England, left an explicit and simple set of plans."
Kersey, Dallas. "Restoration of Gardens Follows Jefferson's Plans," ibid.,
Aug. 10, 1962, p. 29. "Mr. Jefferson divided his gardens [at the University
of Virginia] into two types: private gardens for the professors who
lived in the pavilions at the head of each garden, and public gardens to
serve the students who lived in . . . East Range."
Thompson, Daniel P. Green Mountain Boy at Monticello: A Talk with
Jefferson in 1822. Ed. Howard C. Rice, Jr. Brattleboro, Vt.: Book Cellar,
1962.
"Touring Europe with Thomas Jefferson: With Excerpts from His Notes,"
Life, LII (June 15, 1962), 64-75; illus.
1963
Chastellux. See 1786.
Dober, Richard P. Campus Planning. New York: Reinhold, 1963. pp. 21-22,
40; illus., pp. 22, 23. "Present day critics find Jefferson's campus plan
commendable for giving rational form to an educational program" (p.
22).
Fletcher. See 1905.
Girouard, Mark. "Monticello, Virginia," Country Life, CXXXIII (Jan. 17,
1963), 106-10; illus.
Hitchcock. See 1958.
Jacobus, John, Jr. "Modern Architecture," in Trevin Copplestone, ed. World
Architecture: An Illustrated History. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. p.
300; illus., 904 on p. 301. London ed., Paul Hamlyn, 1963. French ed.,
Encyclopédie illustrée d'architecture, Paris: Flammarion, 1964. Italian
ed., Architecttura nei secoli, [Milan]: Mondadori, 1965. English ed., 2nd
impression, rev., 1966. German ed., Baukunst von den Anfängen bis zur
modernen Architektur, Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann, 1966. "Jefferson
made use of the antique mode with political intent, hoping thereby to
provide an architectural backdrop for the removal of other republican
aspects of ancient life and thought. . . . A certain bookishness, an
outgrowth of his amateur's background, was a considerable drawback to
Jefferson's architecture, even in his inventive layout for the University of
Virginia" (p. 300).
Stevens, William T., ed. Virginia House Tour, Mainly in the Locale Known
as Mr. Jefferson's Country: Historical and Plantations Legends. Charlottesville,
Va.: Stevenpost, [ca. 1963]. pp. 10, 32, 95-97, 163-64, 169,
306, 350; illus., pp. 11, 32, 95-97, 152-63, 169, 306, 350. The book is
valuable only for its illustrations, especially those of Edgemont.
Tunnard, Christopher, and Boris Pushkarev. Man-Made America: Chaos
or Control?: An Inquiry into Selected Problems of Design in the Urbanized
Landscape. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1963. pp. 4,
8, 51. "In Jefferson's time, an interest in the arts marked one as a trifler
and somehow suspect when it came to matters of business" (p. 51).
1964
Ackerman, James S. "Palladio e l'architettura del '700 negli Stati Uniti,"
Bulletino del Centro Internazionali di Studi de Architettura, No. 6
(1964), pp. 29-38.
—. "Il presidente Jefferson e il Palladianesimo Americano," ibid., pp.
39-48.
Boykin, Edward, ed. To the Boys and Girls, Being the Delightful, Little-Known,
Letters of Thomas Jefferson to and from His Children and
Grandchildren. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1964. pp. 5, 47; illus., p.
151. This charming compilation is not very architectural, but contains a
good, early view of Monticello.
Colonial Williamsburg Official Guidebook. Williamsburg, Va.: Colonial
Williamsburg, 1964. pp. v, viii, x, xv, 4, 16, 17, 18, 49, 57, 58, 63, 77, 85,
86, 89, 93. Background information for Jefferson's Williamsburg experiences.
Gowans, Alan. Architecture in New Jersey: A Record of American Civilization.
Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand, 1964. pp. 54-56, 57. "In
Jefferson's mind, public buildings in the new United States should be
more than things of beauty or convenience; above all, they should state a
creed" (p. 55).
—. Images of American Living: Four Centuries of Architecture and
Furniture as Cultural Expression. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1964.
pp. 99-100, 116, 128, 130, 160, 170, 171, 184, 188, 230, 237-38, 239,
243-54, 262-65, 266, 267, 276, 282, 422, 459; illus., pls. 85-87. As can
be seen from the numerous references Jefferson is one of the central
figures in the book's discussion.
Hamlin. See 1944.
Huxtable, Ada L. Classic New York: Georgian Gentility to Greek Elegance.
New York: Doubleday, 1964. p. 62. "Thomas Jefferson's campaign
against the Georgian, for which he had little but contempt, was well
launched by 1800. His objective was a new republican form of architecture
symbolically suited to the new, republican form of government."
Jacobus. See 1963.
Jordy, William. "Philip Johnson," in Wolfgang Pelmt, ed. Encyclopedia of
Modern Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1964. p. 167. Philip
Johnson "based the complex" of the University of St. Thomas "on
Thomas Jefferson's scheme at the University of Virginia."
McCormick, Thomas J. "Virginia's Gallic Godfather," Arts in Virginia, IV
(Winter, 1964), 2-13; illus. The most authoritative statement yet published
in Richmond.
Million, Henry A., ed. Key Monuments of the History of Architecture.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1964. Illus., p. 463.
1964-65
O'Neal, William B. "Financing the Construction of the University of Virginia:
Notes and Documents," Magazine of Albermarle County History,
XXIII (1964-65), 5-34; illus. "The search for funds with which to
build the University constantly haunted Jefferson . . . throughout the
entire period of construction" (p. 5).
1965
Bear, James A., Jr., transcriber. "Thomas Jefferson's Account Books." 7
vols. Unpublished. [For reference use only. Not to be reproduced.]
Deposited in the manuscript room, University of Virginia Library.
Betts, Mary Hall. University of Virginia Buildings and Ground Plan Designed
by Th: Jefferson. Charlottesville, Va.: [University of Virginia],
1965.
Jacobsen, Hugh N. A Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C. Introd.
by Francis D. Lethbridge. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965. pp. 7,
69, 70. Illus., pp. 70, 71. The text includes the quotation from Latrobe
about the White House "the style he [Jefferson] proposes is exactly
worthy of the great sow it surrounds, and of the wild Irish boar
[Hoban], the father of her" (p. 7).
Jacobus. See 1963.
Lehman. See 1947.
MacCord, Howard A., Sr. "Virginia Indian Mounds," Virginia Cavalcade,
XV (Summer, 1965), pp. 28-31; illus. "The earliest known report of the
excavation of an earth burial is found in Thomas Jefferson's Notes on
the State of Virginia, which was published in 1781" (p. 30).
"Monticello Swag," House and Garden, CXXVII (June, 1965), 38-39; illus.
Nichols, Frederick D. "The Early Architecture of Virginia: Original Sources
and Books," in William B. O'Neal, ed. American Association of Architectural
Bibliographers, Papers I. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press
of Virginia, 1965. pp. 83-128. Available source material not only for
Jefferson but also for the background against which he worked.
—. "The Restoration of `Academical Village' Gardens Completed," University
of Virginia Alumni News, LIII (March-April, 1965), 2-7,
31-33; illus.
—. "Thomas Jefferson, Landscape Architect," in Presentation of the
Restored East Lawn Gardens of the University of Virginia. Charlottesville,
Va.: Garden Club of Virginia, 1965. pp. 3-7; illus., fig. 3. "It is
unfortunate that Jefferson left no designs or descriptions of the area
within the walls shown on the study for the Peter Maverick engraving of
the University" (p. 6).
—. See also 1956.
Nicholson, Arnold. American Houses in History. New York: Viking Press,
1965. pp. 7, 112, 130, 147, 151, 153, 154, 207, 222; illus., pp. 11,
152-53. "The inventiveness of the President who was an architect, is
delightfully evident at Monticello" (p. 154).
Parker, Donald H. "East Lawn Gardens Restorations," in Presentation of
the Restored East Lawn Gardens of the University of Virginia. Charlottesville,
Va.: Garden Club of Virginia, 1965. pp. 8-25; illus., figs.
1-5.
Perkinson, Pat. "Mr. Jefferson's Plans Are Now a Realization," Richmond
Times-Dispatch, May 2, 1965. p. H-3. "There is no record of any designs
for the individual gardens [at the University of Virginia]."
Reps, John W. The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning
in the United States. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1965.
pp. 240, 242, 243, 245, 246-47, 248, 253, 254, 264, 314-19, 321-22,
324; illus., figs. 147, 189, 191. "Jefferson's vision of planned cities that
incorporated his system of open squares was never realized" (p. 324).
Smith. See 1906.
Waterman. See 1945.
Whitehill, Walter M. The Many Faces of Monticello. Charlottesville, Va.:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1965. Illus. An address at
Monticello, given on April 13, 1964, this printed version contains two of
Jefferson's drawings for his home.
1966
Benevolo, Leonardo. Storia dell'architettura moderna. 2 vols. Bari (Italy):
Editori Laterza, 1966. II, 32, 292, 295-96, 297, 298, 299, 301-2, 304,
332, 781, 850.
Eichner, James A. Thomas Jefferson, the Complete Man. New York: Franklin
Watts, 1966. pp. 137-42. In spite of the title, architecture is slighted
in this book.
Fitch. See 1948.
Jacobus. See 1963.
Judge, J. "Mr. Jefferson's Monticello," National Geographic Magazine,
CXXX (Sept., 1966), 426-44; illus.
Kimball, Fiske. See 1922.
Manarin, Louis H., ed. Richmond at War: The Minutes of the City Council,
1861-1865. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1966.
Illus., pp. 141, 143, 146, 368-69, 457. Valuable for its many old photographs
of the Capitol in Richmond.
Nichols, Frederick D. "The Early Architecture of Virginia: Journals," in
William B. O'Neal, ed. American Association of Architectural Bibliographers,
Papers II. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia,
1966. pp. 83-113.
Philip Johnson. Introd. by Henry-Russell Hitchcock. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1966. p. 26. Hitchcock points out one of the
facets of Johnson's background knowledge when he says that the design
of St. Thomas University in Houston is "Jeffersonian more than
Miesian."
Rosenberger, Francis C., ed. Records of the Columbia Historical Society of
Washington, D.C., 1963-1965. Washington, D.C.: The Society, 1966. p.
37. "Thomas Jefferson made a serious attempt, when he assumed the
Presidency in 1801, to complete the White House and to furnish it."
"Toward a Restored Rotunda," University of Virginia Alumni News, LIV
(May-June, 1966), 7-9; illus.
1967
"An Architect Looks at Richmond," Virginia Cavalcade, XVI (Winter,
1967), 22-29; illus. "The inspiration of Jefferson, Mills, Latrobe and
other talented designers was changing the face of Richmond" (p. 29).
Dos Passos. See 1941.
Hitchcock. See 1958.
McCormick. See 1958.
Nichols, Frederick D., and James A. Bear, Jr. Monticello. Monticello, Va.:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1967. Illus. The official publication
drawings and documents.
Pierson. See 1862.
Sutton, Denys. "The Luminous Point," Apollo, new ser., LXXV (March,
1967), 214-23; illus. Characterizes Jefferson as "a keen and discerning
connoisseur of architecture who was fascinated by Classicism and by the
French modern achievement" (p. 215).
Williams, Henry L., and Ottalie K. Williams. Great Houses of America.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1967. pp. 50-60, 112-21; Illus., pp.
50-60, 112-21. "It would be difficult anywhere to find a house more
thoroughly permeated with the character of its builder than Thomas
Jefferson's Monticello" (p. 51). "Octagonal rooms . . . and tiny hidden
stairways constitute Thomas Jefferson's signature to the fourteen-room
mansion near Louisville [Ky.], called Farmington. Master Builder Edward
Shippen, however, took liberties with details, thus endowing it with
Kentucky characteristics and adding to its charm and individuality" (p.
113).
1968
Haufler, Hervie. "Bit by Bit, Jefferson's Belongings Return to Monticello,"
New York Times, June 30, 1968, p. XX13; illus. An up-to-date report on
the furnishings at Monticello, with 1924 and 1968 photographs.
Kimball. See 1916.
Koeper, Frederick. Illinois Architecture: From Territorial Times to the
Present: A Selective Guide. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.
p. 6. Jefferson's Virginia state capitol "was the beginning of neoclassicism
in architecture."
Kuper, Theodore F. Thomas Jefferson Still Lives. Introd. by Irving Dillard.
New York: Arthur Price Foundation, 1968. pp. 3, 5, 9, 14-15, 23-25,
30; illus. A booklet for distribution to schoolchildren by the author of
Thomas Jefferson, the Giant.
McLanathan, Richard. The American Tradition in the Arts. New York:
Harcourt, Brace, and World, 1958, pp. 115, 120, 124-32, 143-44, 183;
illus., pp. 125, 126, 129. "Thomas Jefferson ushered in the Greek Revival
in America with a Roman temple" (p. 115). Would it not be difficult to
initate the Greek Revival with a Roman building?
Nichols, Frederick D., and James A. Bear, Jr. "Monticello," in Visitor to
Charlottesville and Albemarle Co., Virginia, II (July, 1968), 16-19;
illus., cover and pp. 16, 19, 23. Especially good for its cover photograph
Pictorial History of the American Revolution.
O'Neal, William B. Architecture in Virginia: An Official Guide to Four
Centuries of Building in the Old Dominion. New York: Walker and Co.,
1968. pp. 11, 13, 15, 25, 57, 87, 91, 93, 147, 149-51, 155, 157, 159, 163,
171, 173. Illus., pp. 10, 13, 22, 147, 148, 156, 162, 170. In Poplar
Forest, Jefferson "indulged his fancy, both in his love for octagonal
forms and in his use of interior ornament, a fancy, as he once said, that
could not be expressed in public buildings" (p. 171).
—. Pictorial History of the University of Virginia. Charlottesville, Va.:
University Press of Virginia, 1968. pp. v, xiii, 2-26, 34, 39, 40, 44, 45,
48, 50, 64, 72, 73, 76-78, 102, 112, 114-16, 119-25, 148; illus. nos.
5-46, 52, 61, 62, 71, 72, 77, 82, 100, 115, 117, 118, 121-26, 170, 191,
193-206, 208-19, 260. A recent source for the reproduction of many of
Jefferson's drawings for the University of Virginia.
"The White House," Life (July 5, 1968), 8-10; illus. "An Irish architect
named James Hoban had won a $500 prize for his design for the
mansion [i.e., the White House], beating out a plan entered anonymously
by Thomas Jefferson" (p. 8).
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