James Madison's ancestral home looks like it was struck by a tornado. The south wing has crumbled onto the lawn in peach-colored heaps of brick and wood. The floors are peeled away, and the opulent ...

Montpelier's highlights include the library where Madison did most of his research and thinking about concepts that would become the basis of American democracy. An original bookcase has been returned ...

ORANGE, Va. — It isn’t exactly common to make a house two-thirds smaller, or to remove the indoor plumbing. But that’s what’s been done at Montpelier, the plantation mansion of President James Madison ...

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. U.S. Supreme Court Chief ...

BULLETIN: Construction workers have found clues to the exact fan layout of James Madison’s shingles. You remember Madison, right? Tiny president, married to Dolley, designed the Constitution that ...

Spring at historic Montpelier Mansion in South Laurel has sprung the opening of a one-of-a-kind exhibit, “Hidden Treasure: Restoration and Archaeology at Montpelier,” a display revealing 13 new ...

A journey of rediscovery and re-creation is underway at James Madison's Montpelier as experts and curators take on the task of researching the furniture and décor which would have surrounded the ...

ORANGE — Montpelier is celebrating the completion of a $24 million restoration that’s returned the plantation home to the era of James Madison’s presidency and retirement years. The five-year ...