Montpelier has transformed from a 55-room 20th century mansion to the 26-room 19th century home of James and Dolley Madison. Whole wings were lopped off.

Montpelier takes its name from the Montpelier Mansion, just south of Route 197, nestled on 70 acres close to the Patuxent River. The structure, on the National Register of Historic Places, is an ...

This is the sixth year that Peacock, a longtime Laurel resident with a bit of Brooklyn in her delivery, has run the carriage-house shop on the grounds of the 18th-century Montpelier Mansion, a ...

Second in a three-part series. MONTPELIER STATION — James and Dolley Madison’s Montpelier is swarming with people adding final touches to the mansion. They are repairing and cleaning the ...

Visitors to James Madison's Montpelier can now enjoy several pieces of splendid period furniture in the newly opened first floor Library and recently wallpapered Dining Room.

Beginning in January, Montpelier Mansion will have a new tour schedule. The historic Laurel home-turned-museum will be open for self-guided tours year-round from Thursdays through Tuesdays any ...

When the mansion was reopened, in September, the chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts, spoke from its front steps. "If you're looking for Madison's monument, look around," Roberts said.

Montpelier Mansion invites residents and visitors to step back in time and be a woodturner’s apprentice for a day Saturday. Apprentices will help make chairs the old-fashioned way, by turning ...

During the War of 1812, on Aug. 24, 1814, British troops set fire to the White House. Before they did, Paul Jennings, who was born into slavery at Montpelier, James Madison's Virginia mansion ...

Several of the more than 4,000 artifacts will be on display in a new exhibit “Hidden Treasure: Restoration and Archaeology” at Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, Md. These artifacts were discovered ...