Old Governor's Mansion

120 S. Clark St., Milledgeville, Georgia. County/parish: Baldwin.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 13, 1970. NRIS 70000194.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Executive Mansion

From Wikipedia:

Old Governor's Mansion (Milledgeville, Georgia)

Georgia's Old Governor's Mansion is a historic house museum located on the campus of Georgia College & State University (GCSU) at 120 South Clarke Street in Milledgeville, Georgia. Built in 1839, it is one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the American South, and was designated a National Historic Landmark for its architecture in 1973. It served as Georgia's executive mansion from 1839- 1868, and has from 1889 been a university property, serving for a time as its official president's residence. It is an accredited museum of the American Alliance of Museums and in 2015 was named an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206861

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