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After some debate, the state decided to accept the home in 1957. Since 1962 it has been used as the governor's residence. [4] It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [4] During the 1990s, the mansion underwent a $4.3 million refurbishment, which was completed in 2000. [4]
8-9 p.m.: Tour 1 of the Ward-Meade Mansion will commence, offering an intimate look into the mansion's history and architecture. 9:15-10:15 p.m.: Tour 2 will follow, providing another opportunity ...
To help finance the project, the Friends of the Governors Mansion, Inc was established to raise funds. Extensive structural work was done to keep the kitchen capable of preparing state dinners. However, the existing red and black granite countertops (from Granite, Oklahoma ) installed in the early 1990s were preserved.
Completed in 1928 on a budget of $75,000 for its construction and $25,000 for furnishings, the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion has been home, or a home-away-from-home, for Oklahoma's highest elected ...
The Ward-Meade house is considered the first mansion built in Topeka. Construction began in 1870, the same year as the first wing of the Statehouse. Anthony Ward was a wheelwright who held the sand rights on the Kansas River near his house. He sold sand to the builders of Topeka and made wheels for wagons that carried settlers to California.
However, Oklahoma did not attain statehood until 1907, and the Legislature chose Guthrie as the first capital, before naming Oklahoma City as the permanent state capital in 1910. [2] The house was built in an area known as Shawnee's first neighborhood, "...where the first generation of merchants, town leaders and early professionals lived." [3] [a]
A conservative think tank is trying to use a routine retention vote to gain even more control over the state government by ousting three justices appointed by Democratic governors.
First and only official residence in Arkansas. Construction began in December 1947; officially opened on January 10, 1950; first occupied on February 3, 1950. Included within Governor's Mansion Historic District which was NRHP-listed in 1978. California: Historic Governor's Mansion of California: 1526 H Street, Sacramento