The Governor's Mansion, also known as Old Governor's Mansion or Executive Mansion, is a mansion in Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is northeast of Macon, located just before Eatonton on the way to Athens along U.S. Highway 441, and it is located on the Oconee River. The relatively rapid current of the Oconee here made this an...

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Georgia has had three official mansions and one unofficial mansion

Georgia Governor's Mansion

The Governor's Mansion is the official home of the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. The mansion is located at 391 West Paces Ferry Road NW, in the affluent Buckhead district of Atlanta.-Construction:...

 in two different cities. This one is the first Executive Mansion (1838-1868). It is still open for public tours. The state capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

 in 1973.

The house is operated by Georgia College & State University

Georgia College & State University

Georgia College & State University is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students...

 as an antebellum historic house museum.

External links

• Old Governor's Mansion
• Old Governor's Mansion, Clark & Green Streets, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA: 10 photos, 4 data pages and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey
• Old Governor's Mansion New Georgia Encyclopedia