Poplar Forest is a plantation and retreat home in Forest, Virginia, that belonged to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson inherited the property in 1773 and began designing and building his retreat house there in 1806. It passed through several other owners after Jefferson before being acquired for restoration, preservation and exhibition in 1984.
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Building Type Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Poplar Forest - Wikipedia
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Source Poplar Forest - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
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1. Poplar Forest - Wikipedia
Architecture
an octagonal house
Infobox, location
1776 Poplar Forest Parkway, Lynchburg, Virginia
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Poplar Forest is a plantation and retreat home in Forest, Virginia, that belonged to Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson inherited the property in 1773 and began designing and building his retreat house there in 1806. It passed through several other owners after Jefferson before being acquired for restoration, preservation and exhibition in 1984.
Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field
completion_date/completed = 1806-1826
In Style: Palladian Architecture, Wikipedia categories
Category:Palladian Revival architecture in Virginia
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
The house at Poplar Forest is made of brick and has an octagonal floor plan.
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