Nevada Governor's Mansion

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Governor's Mansion
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Governor's Mansion in Carson City
Location:	606 Mountain St. Carson City, Nevada
Built/Founded:	1909
Architect:	George A. Ferris
Added to NRHP:	October 22, 1976
NRHP Reference#:	76002242
Governing body:	State

The Nevada Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of Nevada and his family. Reno architect George A. Ferris designed this neo-classical mansion.

[edit] History

The Governor's Mansion of the State of Nevada was built between 1908 and 1909. Until that time, Nevada's governors and their families found lodging where they could in or near the Carson City, the Capital. State Assembly Bill 10, the "Mansion Bill," was passed in 1907 to secure a permanent site and residence for a Governor's Mansion. Mrs. T.B. Rickey sold the land where the mansion now stands to the State of Nevada for the princely sum of $10 and George A. Ferris, a Reno architect, designed the mansion with Classical Revival features and Georgian and Jeffersonian motifs and a construction bid was awarded for $22,700. Acting Governor Denver Dickerson and his family were the first residents when they occupied the mansion in July 1909 which was first opened to the public during an open house New Years' Day, 1910. The governor's daughter, June Dickerson, was born in the mansion in September 1909, and was the only child ever born in the home.

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• Nevada Governor's Mansion is at coordinates 39°10′03″N 119°46′24″W / 39.167552, -119.773287 (Nevada Governor's Mansion)Coordinates: 39°10′03″N 119°46′24″W / 39.167552, -119.773287 (Nevada Governor's Mansion)

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