The Levy family and Monticello, 1834-1923 : saving Thomas Jefferson's house / by Melvin I. Urofsky.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Urofsky, Melvin I.

Series:

• Monticello monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Monticello (Va.)--History.
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation.
• Antisemitism.
• Historic preservation.
• History.
• Neoclassicism (Architecture).
• Historic buildings.
• Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.
• Virginia--Monticello.
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Homes and haunts--Virginia--Albemarle County.
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
• Virginia--Albemarle County.
• Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--Virginia--Albemarle County.
• Historic buildings--Virginia--Albemarle County--Design and construction.
• Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Virginia--Albemarle County.
• Levy, Uriah Phillips, 1792-1862.
• Levy family.
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation--History.
• Historic preservation--United States--Case studies.
• Antisemitism--United States--Case studies.
• United States.

Genre:

• Case studies.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, VA : Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2001.

Summary:

Filled with drama, irony, political wrangling, and legal battles, this book chronicles the Levy family's vital yet little-known contributions to preserving Monticello. (The Levys twice saved Monticello from ruin and actually owned the property longer than Jefferson himself.) Melvin Urofsky corrects the misconception that a "century of ruin and neglect" marked Monticello after Jefferson's death.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 1882886151
• 188288616X

OCLC:

46769097