John Hemings
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John Hemmings was an American woodworker. Born into slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello as a member of the large mixed-race Hemings family, he trained in the Monticello Joinery and became a highl
A view of where the Mulberry Row slave cabins once stood.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. The green enclosure Hemmings crafted is visible on the right-hand side of the house.
Poplar Forest
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Poplar Forest is a plantation and retreat home in Forest, Virginia, United States, that belonged to Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third U.S. president. Jefferson inherited the property in 1773
John Hemings
…Joinery and became a highly skilled carpenter and woodworker, making furniture and crafting the fine woodwork of the interiors at Monticello and Poplar Forest. Hemmings also served as the master joiner to apprentices Beverley, Madison, and Eston Hemings, Jefferson's sons by Sally Hemings…
Poplar Forest, designed by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Sully, 1821. This portrait is considered a truthful representation of Jefferson's appearance during the time which Poplar Forest was designed and constructed.
Poplar Forest in 2011
East elevation of Poplar Forest (2004)