Louisiana Governor's Mansion

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Louisiana Governor's Mansion
General information
Location	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°27′32″N 91°10′50″W / 30.45889°N 91.18056°W / 30.45889; -91.18056
Completed	1963
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Annan and Gilmer

The Louisiana Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of Louisiana and their family. The Governor's Mansion was built in 1963 when Jimmie Davis was Governor of Louisiana. The Mansion overlooks Capital Lake near the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge.^[1]

The Mansion was designed by the architectural firm of Annan and Gilmer of Shreveport, Louisiana. The final construction cost for the building was $893,843.00. The inspiration for the exterior design was Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana. Like many plantation homes built between 1830 and 1860, Oak Alley was designed with a second story veranda.

The second-floor veranda found at Oak Alley was omitted. It was thought that the concept of a second story veranda was too informal for a Governor's Mansion. Although the new Mansion is in the Greek Revival style, it also incorporates several Georgian features such as dormers, a fanlight of the doorway at the front entrance, and the long window on the circular stairs in the rotunda.

Inside, the floor plan includes twelve bedrooms and eighteen baths, two kitchens and one kitchenette, two dining rooms, one breakfast room, a receiving room for state affairs and another for routine business, a living room, a sitting room, two butleries and two security stations for the

.

White Doric columns line the building on three sides. The columns are interrupted on the east side by a driveway leading to an underground garage. The exterior of the building is constructed of hand-molded brick that has been painted white. The roof is made of cleft- face Vermont non-fading, gray-green slate. Front and side porches are of the same type of slate. Lamp posts located in the parking lot east of the building were once gas lights used in Plymouth, England. The cast iron railing atop the driveway retaining walls and at the second story windows was designed from the railing used on the old Beauregard House on Chartres Street in New Orleans and was modified with the diamond pattern by the architect.

The mansion sits on an 8-acre (32,000 m²) parcel of land. The grounds include a tennis court, a swimming pool, a vegetable garden, and a fountain area.

The Governor's Mansion is located at 1001 Capitol Access Road (

) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802. The mansion is open to the public for tours by appointment only.

• Old Louisiana Governor's Mansion

Tours - https://governorsmansion.org/tours/