Nebraska Governor's Mansion
- Style
- Neoclassical
- City
- Lincoln, NE
The Nebraska Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor and his family, opened March 17, 1958, replacing the original governor's residence that had been demolished in the mid-1950s. It's a modified Georgian Colonial home set on an entire city block, a scale meant to underscore the importance of the office it houses. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
The entrance. The primary entrance, on the off-center north facade, is marked by six white Doric columns supporting a two-story dentiled pediment with a roundel window. The twelve-paneled door is flanked by sidelights and a transom with cross-hatch muntins, and its doorknob was salvaged from the original governor's mansion demolished in the mid-1950s.
Grounds and fence. The mansion sits on an entire city block, landscaped with large lawns, gardens, walking paths, and a fountain, enclosed by an imposing wrought-iron fence added in the late 1990s.
Facade details. The rectangular brick building's windows on all sides carry decorative shutters and jack arch lintels. A one-story, three-stall garage with a flat roof sits on the west side, doubling as a porch for the second-story guestrooms above.
the style
The mansion is described as Neoclassical, expressed through its Doric-columned entrance portico and dentiled pediment, a formal vocabulary suited to an official residence meant to convey the standing of the governor's office.
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The Nebraska Governor's Mansion is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Nebraska State Capitol
- William H. Ferguson House
- Thomas P. Kennard House
- Lyman Terrace
- Scottish Rite Temple
- Masonic Temple