The primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson began designing and building Monticello at age 26 after inheriting land from his father. It is located in Albemarle County near Charlottesville, VA and it was built in 1772. The architectural styles of Monticello are Neoclassical and Jeffersonian architecture. Neoclassical is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity, the virtvian principles, and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Padilla. Jeffersonian architecture is an American form of neoclassicism and or neopalladianism embodied in the architectural designs of US president and polymath Thomas Jefferson after who. It is named. Jefferson himself was buried at Monticello. After he died his daughter sold the property and it was purchased in 1834 Uriah P. Levy.