Talk:Montpelier (James Madison)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Virginia, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to articles on Virginia on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Stub	This article has been rated as Stub-Class on the Project's quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.)

	This article is within the scope of the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of listings on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Stub	This article has been rated as stub-Class on the assessment scale.

[edit] Door trivia

Years ago a tour gude told me that the door facing Monticello was made low so that Madison would be forced to bow towards Jefferon's estate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.164.202.130 (talk) 15:00, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

This doesn't seem to make much sense. I can't speak for doors on the side of the house, but the front and back door are certainly not so low as to force anyone to bow (I'm 6'1"). Second, Madison's home is a county away from Jefferson's Monticello, so you can't even see the small mountain that the estate is situated upon. Third, while Madison and Jefferson were good friends, Madison was by no means so deferential as to incorporate such a feature into his home. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 15:27, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

James Madison was a shade under 5' 4" (the shortest president to date). That would have to be one low door for this anecdote to be true. jmdeur 14:06, 2 Nov 07 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.148.60.151 (talk)