{"nrhp_refnum":"69000360","name":"Governor's Mansion","other_names":["Executive Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Capitol Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.53874751300003,"lon":-77.43220256899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-06-04","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1988-06-07","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Federal style residence for the Governor of Virginia, in the northeast corner of Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia. It was built to plans by Alexander Parris and was occupied by 1813.","why_significant":"It has been the home of every Virginia Governor since 1813 and is described as one of the state's outstanding examples of Federal style architecture. It has hosted notable guests such as Lafayette and Winston Churchill, and Stonewall Jackson's body lay in state there. It also houses the head of an executive office tracing back to 1607.","narrative":"Set in the northeast corner of Capitol Square in Richmond, this two-story brick house has served as the Virginia Governor's residence since 1813. The General Assembly authorized $13,000 in 1810 to replace an earlier wooden house that had fallen into disrepair. Boston architect Alexander Parris supplied the plans, which the Commissioners altered to give the principal story a more refined finish, and Christopher Tompkins served as builder. The Federal style facade has five bays with a slightly projecting center, and a front portico added in 1830 has four columns of the Temple of the Winds order. A fire in 1926 destroyed much of the original interior, though Parris's basic plan was kept. Additions came in 1906, 1914-15, and later administrations. The house has received guests including Lafayette, King Edward VII, Marshal Foch and Winston Churchill, and Stonewall Jackson's body lay in state there during the Civil War.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alexander Parris (architect, plans); Christopher Tompkins (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, and in public ownership by the Commonwealth of Virginia; used as the Governor's residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.390564-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6831/41683189/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000360.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000360/c74257029a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000360/c74257029a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Leonard Woody","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-07-10_Virginia_Executive_Mansion.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Leonard Woody</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011-07-10_Virginia_Executive_Mansion.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683189","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Mansion_(Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5419842"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/governors-mansion-69000360/"}