Montpelier celebrates restoration to Madison's era

(AP) - Montpelier is celebrating the completion of a five-year, $24 million project to restore the plantation home to the era of James Madison's presidency and retirement years.
... Roberts said Montpelier "stands with Mount Vernon and Monticello" - the homes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, respectively - as landmarks to the nation's Founding Fathers.
The brick Georgian home at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains underwent an architectural restoration to make the structure authentic to the period between 1809, when Madison was elected president, and 1836, the year he died. Continued