California Governor's Mansion
- Also Known As: Albert Gallatin Mansion
- Address: 16th and H Sts
- Neighborhood of Mansion Flats in Sacramento
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1877/00/00 | Nathaniel Dudley Goodell | Architect | Construction begins on a 3-story Second Empire-Italianate mansion for Albert Gallatin. It represents a combination of the disintegrating stylistic eclecticism of the Victorian era with an audacity of plan and elevation which lead to modern architecture. | |||
| 1878/00/00 | Albert Gallatin of Sacramento | Home | Gallatin Mansion with a dramatic gaslight in the tower is completed in Sacramento, California, for Albert Gallatin. | Invention of Gas Lighting | ||
| 1887/00/00 | Sacramento drygoods merchant, Joseph Steffens, buys the Gallatin Mansion. | |||||
| 1903/00/00 | George C Pardee | Home | The Gallatin-Steffens Mansion is sold to the State of California for uses as the Executive Mansion. A small wing is added and the house is refurbished and furnished, for a total cost to $56,000. Governor George Pardee becomes the first resident. | |||
| 1911/01/03 | Hiram W Johnson | Home | Hiram Johnson becomes the 23rd governor of California. He will leave in 1917 to become a United States Senator from California. | |||
| 1917/03/15 | William Dennison Stephens becomes the 24th governor of California. | |||||
| 1917/12/17 | Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) | Suspects | As labor radicals threaten Gov Stephens with violence, a dynamite bomb explodes at the Governor's Mansion. Although Stephens is not injured, the kitchen suffers considerable damage. Radicals from the IWW are later blamed for the attack. | |||
| 1941/00/00 | The California State Fire Marshall declares the Governor's Mansion unsafe for occupancy. | |||||
| 1953/00/00 | After ten years, Earl Warren vacates the Governor's office midterm to become Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. | |||||
| 1967/03/00 | Ronald Reagan | Home | Governor Reagan lives in the Governor's Mansion for a few months while making plans to lease a home at 1341 45th Street, Sacramento. |
| Particulars for California Governor's Mansion: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Utility | Gaslight |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Protected Attribute | Historic Park |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Architectural Style | Second Empire |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Owner | State |
| Workers | Union Labor |
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.