- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Old Governor's Mansion
- Creator:
- Turner, James C.
- Date of Original:
- 2002-09-03
- Subject:
- Old Governor's Mansion (Milledgeville, Ga.)
Governors--Dwellings--Georgia--Milledgeville
Official residences--Georgia--Milledgeville
Historic buildings--Georgia--Milledgeville
Cluskey, Charles B.
Porter, Timothy, builder
Georgia--Politics and government--19th century
Georgia--History--19th century
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Georgia College & State University--Buildings
College buildings--Georgia--Milledgeville - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about the Old Governor's Mansion in Milledgeville, Georgia. The Old Governor's Mansion is located in Milledgeville, the state's capital from 1807 to 1868. In 1835 the Georgia legislature resolved to construct the first official residence for the governor. Construction on the Old Governor's Mansion began in 1836 and was completed in 1838 or 1839. The mansion, designed by the Irish architect Charles B. Cluskey, was erected in the Greek revival style. It is considered one of the finest examples of that style in the nation. The building, a three-story stucco-over-brick structure, features a central rotunda and a massive Ionic portico. The supervising builder was Timothy Porter of Farmington, Connecticut.
GSE identifier: SS2CG2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/old-governors-mansion/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Old Governor's Mansion," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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