California Governor's Mansion
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The Historic Governor's Mansion of California is the former official home of the Governor of California and a National Historic Landmark. Located at 1526 H Street in Sacramento, the mansion no longer serves as the Governor's official residence and is now used primarily for public and state ceremonies and events. George Pardee was the first governor to live in the house; Ronald Reagan was the last.
The thirty-room Second Empire-style Victorian mansion was built in 1877 for industrialist Albert Gallatin. The State of California purchased the house in 1903 to serve as a governor's mansion. Many furnishings remain from former governors, including Pardee's 1902 Steinway piano, velvet chairs and sofas belonging to Governor Hiram Johnson, and Persian rugs bought by Governor Pat Brown. The house is now open to the public for guided tours, which are held daily on the hour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The state built a new governor's residence in the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael, which was completed just as Reagan left office. The new governor, Jerry Brown, refused to live in the house, which was then sold by the state in 1982. Brown's successors -- George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, and Gray Davis -- lived in a Carmichael residence that was bought for Deukmejian by a group of his supporters and rented to the state for $1 a year. The present governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, lives in a hotel suite near the Capitol when he is in Sacramento.
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- California Department of Parks & Recreation, Sacramento, CA 94296
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