Discovery Suggests Home Believed To Be President Monroe’s Was Actually A Guest House
- 8 years ago
President James Monroe has long been regarded as a modest man who lived in a much smaller home than his position would suggest. That characterization is probably inaccurate.
President James Monroe has long been regarded as a modest man who lived in a much smaller home than his political and social position would suggest, according to Williamsburg Yorktown Daily.
It turns out, that characterization is probably inaccurate.
Archaeologists digging near the structure in Charlottesville, Virginia, long believed to have been Monroe’s house turned up the foundation of the abode he likely inhabited.
It appears to have been rather grand, perhaps even on par with Monticello, the magnificent nearby residence of President Thomas Jefferson, notes
President James Monroe has long been regarded as a modest man who lived in a much smaller home than his political and social position would suggest, according to Williamsburg Yorktown Daily.
It turns out, that characterization is probably inaccurate.
Archaeologists digging near the structure in Charlottesville, Virginia, long believed to have been Monroe’s house turned up the foundation of the abode he likely inhabited.
It appears to have been rather grand, perhaps even on par with Monticello, the magnificent nearby residence of President Thomas Jefferson, notes