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SOMERS, Conn. - Thomas Jefferson's Monticello is on the nickel. Monticello was once on the $2 bill. Monticello also used to be on postage stamps. It is still on schoolhouse walls, postcards and included in books tracing the history of American architecture. And now, a full-sized $6 million replica of Jefferson's Virginia plantation home is

S. Prestley Blake turned 100 years old last month, cofounded the Friendly’s restaurant chain with his brother 79 years ago, and probably figures he can do whatever he wants at this stage of his long life.

Inside Prestley Blake's Monticello. Keep calm and carry on.  That's what you do when Friendly Ice Cream Corp. co-founder S. Prestley Blake telephones and asks you to build a sky's-the-limit 21st-century reproduction of a beloved 18th century American landmark.