Touring Poplar Forest in Forest, VA - Thomas Jefferson's Summer Home

Touring Poplar Forest – Summer Home of Thomas Jefferson

Most everyone knows that Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, is in Charlottesville, VA but did you know that he had a summer home? Poplar Forest, located in Forest, VA, was Jefferson’s summer home. Touring Poplar Forest – Summer Home of Thomas Jefferson When Jefferson became president in 1801, Poplar Forest was a 4,500-acre plantation. The plantation…