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Residence Roof Repair Uncovers Historic Materials
The Residence, Woodberry Forest School's historic home designed by Thomas Jefferson and built by William Madison, brother of President James Madison, is receiving significant repairs this summer. Workers replacing its metal roof were intrigued to discover that the original roof sheathing boards, in place and in use since the building’s construction in 1793, are feathered on the top and bottom horizontal edges. This unique feathering provided additional weatherproofing to the roof, which was originally covered with hand-split wooden shingles until replaced with metal sometime in the mid-nineteenth century. The hand-wrought nails used to fasten the sheathing and trim in place are similar in appearance to those made in Thomas Jefferson’s nailery at Monticello.
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Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students.