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Influenced by the new architecture he had seen in France, Jefferson added a dome to Monticello in 1800. The use of the room under the dome, which Jefferson sometimes called the “sky-room,” is not known with certainty; at times it served as a bedroom for a married grandson, as a storeroom, and probably as a playroom for the grandchildren.
