Georgia Governor's Mansion, Official governor residence in Tuxedo Park, Atlanta, United States.
The Georgia Governor's Mansion is a three-level, 30-room Greek Revival home at 391 West Paces Ferry Road NW in Atlanta's Tuxedo Park, designed by A. Thomas Bradbury and opened on January 1, 1968. Its red brick facade carries a long white portico of ten plain columns, with black-shuttered windows behind them and a small balustraded balcony over the entrance. Thirty Doric columns of California redwood, each 24 feet high, ring the porches.
The mansion was built in 1967, replacing an earlier residence on the same land. A tornado caused significant damage in the 1970s, prompting major restoration work.
The furnishings are a permanent Federal-period collection bought by a 70-member fine arts committee while the house was being built; they belong to the state and stay in place from one administration to the next. Lester and Virginia Maddox, the first residents, began opening the house for free tours, a practice kept up since.
Visitors can tour the building, but access is limited and may change depending on official events. It's best to check ahead and arrive with realistic expectations about what can be seen.
The 30 Doric columns around the porches are hollowed out and treated inside to carry roof drainage; each is 24 feet high and made of California redwood. The entrance centers on a Georgia marble fountain with three large flagpoles.
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