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Gallery of Monticello's Kitchen Restoration

Monticello's Kitchen as Restored in the 1950s
Kitchen as Furnished in the 1950s		 Restoration of Fireplace Arch
Restoration of Fireplace Arch		 Restored Fireplace and Wall
Restored Fireplace Wall
reparation for Recreation of Monticello's
Preparation for Construction of
Stew Stove		 View from outside the kitchen partition wall (unfinsished), looking in at the foundation of the stew stove.
View from outside the kitchen partition wall		 View from outside the kitchen partition wall (unfinsished), looking in at the foundation of the stew stove.
Foundation of Stew Stove
Completed Fireplace Wall with Rising
Completed Fireplace Wall with Rising
Stew Stove		 Detail of Cast-Iron Cheek
Detail of Cast-Iron "Cheek"		 Set kettle firebox taking shape
Set kettle firebox taking shape
Stew stove rising up, ashpits taking shape
Stew stove rising up, ashpits taking shape		   Stew stove nearly to counter top/working level,
Near counter top ashpit openings completed		   Testing first cheek and grate for fit
Testing first cheek and grate for fit
Set kettle nearing completion
Set kettle opening nearing completion 		  Finished cheek opening for stewstove
Finished cheek opening
   Restored Kitchen with furnishings
Kitchen after Restoration
         
The restoration of Monticello's kitchen was made possible
through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation
and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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