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Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, VA

Monticello, State Route 53 vicinity, Charlottesville, VA

President Thomas Jefferson often used dumbwaiters to minimize the need for servants for his small dinners at the White House. This image of the dining room at his home of Monticello is a window into what dining in the White House at the time of Jefferson may have looked like.

Date of Work
Documentation compiled after 1933
Credit
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)