Serpentine Walls, University of Virginia

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Stock #:107401
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Charlottesville
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Charlottesville (city)
Publisher: Valley Views
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Thomas Jefferson designed these winding walls - one brick thick - to separate gardens behind the homes of faculty members at the University of Virginia. According to tradition, these were patterned after the ribbon walls he had admired in an English garden while serving as Ambassador to France.

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