His retreat was designed in a precise mathematical style and is a fusion of the style of Andrea Palladio as well as more modern French architecture, known as Poplar Forest.
He wrote to Benjamin Latrobe that his style of architecture was "liable to some unfavorable and just criticisms" and debate still exists on whether he designed the Edgemont house. His retreat was designed in a precise mathematical style and is a fusion of the style of Andrea Palladio as well as more modern French architecture, known as Poplar Forest. Another work by this architect was based on the Maison Carrée in Nîmes, France done in the Roman Revival form of a classical temple. He worked with Charles-Louis Clerisseau to design a state capitol building and designed the Rotunda of the University of Virginia. FTP, identify this early American architect whose home near Charlottesville is titled Monticello. 
He wrote to Benjamin Latrobe that his style of architecture was "liable to some unfavorable and just criticisms" and debate still exists on whether he designed the Edgemont house.
Thomas {Jefferson}