| Tennessee Governor's Mansion | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Completed | 1929 |
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| Architect(s) | Russell E. Hart |
The Tennessee Governor's Mansion, also known as the Tennessee Residence, in Oak Hill, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, is the official residence of the governor of Tennessee and his or her family. It is a three-story Georgian-style mansion that was built as a private home for William Ridley Wills and his family in 1929. It is on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) tract about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville. The state purchased the house in 1949 and it has served as the home of Tennessee's governors since then.[1] The house is open to the public for tours by advance reservation.[2]
It is one of four official state governor's residences in the country that is not located within its state's capital (the others being Drumthwacket, located in Princeton, New Jersey, instead of Trenton; the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion, located in Maple Bluff, instead of Madison; and the Ohio Governor's Mansion, located in Bexley instead of Columbus, Ohio).
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