IMAGE Show Media Credit: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Original Author: Carol M. HighsmithCreated: Between 1980 and 2006Medium: PhotographMonticelloThis photograph shows the west front of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation home in Albemarle County. The dome atop the house is one of the structure's distinctive features and an important focal point for the entire architectural composition.FEATURED INMonticelloHenry Lee (1787–1837)Thomas Jefferson as Governor of VirginiaThomas Jefferson and ArchitectureGessner Harrison (1807–1862)John Wayles Eppes (1772–1823)