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Youthful Architect Reproduces Monticello Replica
Jeff Thompson a 17 year old student built a 3 by 5 foot Monticello model from 2500 tiny Play-Doh bricks over six months earning 50 dollars first prize in a high school bicentennial contest. The project displayed in area schools and a bank lobby and was created after studying plans and pictures. He plans college to study commercial art and hopes to visit Charlottesville to see the real Monticello.
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Ridgeway, Va
Jeff Thompson
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Charlottesville
Jeff
Drewry Mason High School
Ridgeway