James Madison's Montpelier We The People Fall 2017 WTP_fall 2017_FINAL-rgb | Página 10

WE THE PEOPLE
“I believe it’s part of our service to the public to maintain
this site in a very usable and environmentally-friendly way.”
—Kat Imhoff, Montpelier President & CEO
CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENTS
255.35 acres
HISTORIC GILMORE FARM
19.11 acres
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GILMORE CABIN
EAST WOODS
200.03 acres
HOUSE
VISITOR CENTER
JAMES MADISON LANDMARK FOREST
196.87 acres
EASEMENTS
CHICKEN MOUNTAIN
245.08 acres
Above: The East Woods is adjacent to the “Landmark Forest” (the oldest, most accessible old-growth forest on the East Coast). Preservation of Chicken
Mountain helped to conserve the water quality in local streams, as well as the forested backdrop to Montpelier and the surrounding countryside.
Historic Gilmore Farm is the site of the restored home of George Gilmore, a former slave at Montpelier who, after Emancipation, built his family
home on land he purchased. A large Civil War encampment site, immediately adjacent to the Gilmore Farm, was occupied during the winter of
1863-1864 by troops from Gen. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia before they fought at the Battle of the Wilderness.
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