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Executive Mansion
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View across street towards the house at 130 East Gilman Street, which was built between 1854-1856. Lake Mendota is in the background. The stone building features a wrap-around porch and a balcony. Soon after Governor Jeremiah Rusk bought the home, he sold it to the State of Wisconsin. From about 1885 until 1950 this house served as home to 18 Wisconsin governors.
1927
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Governor's Mansion
1930
View across street towards the Governor's Mansion at 130 East Gilman Street. Lake Mendota is in the background, and a streetlamp is suspended over the street in the foreground.
Executive Mansion
1962
Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The stone building features a porch and wrap around balcony.
Gilman Street Executive Mansion Grounds and Capitol Fountain
circa 1960 -- 1969
Elevated view towards the right side of the grounds and Capitol Fountain of the Executive Mansion, which was located at 130 East Gilman Street. There is a birdhouse on a pole near the fountain on t...
Magnus Swenson House
View from street of the house at 530 N. Pinckney Street, which was built by Magnus Swenson. By 1922 it was occupied by the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Lake Mendota is in the background.
Executive Mansion
1946
Ink drawing of the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The stone building features a porch and wrap around balcony.
Executive Residence
March 1, 1970
First Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, which served as the home for seventeen governors from 1883 to 1950, 130 East Gilman Street. It is often called the "executive residence," as suggested by Belle C...
