
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 24, 1993                   TAG: 9307240022
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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POPLAR FOREST RECEIVES 2 DONATIONS

Thomas Jefferson's Bedford County retreat, Poplar Forest, has received two more major donations to bring its restoration fund-raising drive near the $2 million mark.

The Andrew and Anne Easley Trust of Lynchburg has pledged $50,000. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. has given $40,000.

These bring the total to $1.8 million.

The gifts will go toward the first phase of the retreat's restoration, which began in the spring. The Corporation for Jefferson's Poplar Forest is working to raise $5.5 million for the project.

Jefferson built Poplar Forest as a retreat from his Monticello home in Charlottesville. It was sold by his grandson and altered considerably after a fire in the 1840s and when it was modernized earlier this century.

by CNB