Editing Monticello (section)

===Land purchase===
In 2004, the trustees of TJF acquired Mountaintop Farm (also known locally as Patterson's or Brown's Mountain), the only property that overlooks Monticello. Jefferson had called the taller mountain Montalto. To prevent development of new homes on the site, the trustees spent $15 million to purchase the property. Jefferson had owned it as part of his plantation, but it was sold off after his death. In the 20th century, its farmhouses were divided into apartments for many [[University of Virginia]] students. TJF officials had long considered the property an eyesore, and planned to acquire it when it became available.<ref name="The Hook">{{cite web |url=http://www.readthehook.com/Stories/2004/06/03/newsOffMontaltoquotitsAllD.html |title=The Hook - Off Montalto, "It's all downhill from here." |date=June 3, 2004 |access-date=February 18, 2007 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923002411/http://www.readthehook.com/95251/news-montalto-quotits-all-downhill-herequot |url-status=live }}</ref>