{"nrhp_refnum":"70000194","name":"Old Governor's Mansion","other_names":["Executive Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 S. Clark St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milledgeville","county":"Baldwin County","state":"GA","lat":33.078467457000045,"lon":-83.23126889799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-05-13","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival executive mansion at 120 South Clark Street in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, authorized in 1835 and completed in 1838 as the first building designed specifically as the home of Georgia's governor.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an outstanding Greek Revival house by architect Charles B. Cluskey, with a sophisticated plan of varied room shapes around a central rotunda. It also served as the residence of Georgia governors from 1839 to 1868 and was tied to Civil War and Reconstruction events. It later became a college dormitory and president's home, and it is claimed to have local, state and national significance.","narrative":"Completed in 1838 in Milledgeville, this brick and stucco mansion was the first building in Georgia designed specifically as the governor's residence. The Legislature authorized it in 1835, and Charles B. Cluskey's plan was chosen over John Pell's because it promised lower cost. Timothy Porter oversaw construction, which ran to about $50,000. A prostyle Ionic portico fronts the house, and inside a central rotunda with a coffered plaster dome organizes rooms of octagonal, round and square shapes. Governors lived here from 1839 to 1868. General William T. Sherman made his headquarters in the house in November 1864, and Governor Joseph E. Brown was arrested there in May 1865. After use as a boarding house and cadet dormitory, it became a dormitory and president's home for Georgia Normal and Industrial College. A 1960s restoration removed a Gothic-style cupola, and the ground and first floors have been open for tours since 1967.","period_of_significance":"1838 to present (19th Century; specific date 1838)","architect_builder":"Charles B. Cluskey (architect); Timothy Porter of Farmington, Connecticut (superintended construction); Edward Vason Jones (1960s restoration); Williams and Dean Architects of Atlanta, with Donald C. Larson, general contractor (1965 renovation)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site. Ground and first floors open for public tours since 1967; the second floor is an apartment for the Georgia College president.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.159276-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000194.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000194/c95e7c15fb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000194/c95e7c15fb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Gaogmsocial","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia%27s_Old_Governor%27s_Mansion.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaogmsocial</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia%27s_Old_Governor%27s_Mansion.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72000360","name":"Milledgeville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/milledgeville-historic-district-72000360/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206861","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Governor%27s_Mansion_(Milledgeville,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/baldwin-county/old-governors-mansion-70000194/"}