Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The next year, she founded the Florida Governor's Mansion Foundation. [11] The contributions of this foundation helped to make possible the first addition to the Governor's Mansion since 1957, the Florida Sun Room. The foundation was created to solicit private funding for the restoration of the mansion, its furnishings, and its grounds. [1]
Mary Call Darby Collins was the last of Call's descendants to own The Grove. During LeRoy Collins' tenure as governor, The Grove served as the unofficial executive residence while the current Florida Governor's Mansion was under construction, from 1955 to 1957. The Collins family owned The Grove until 1985, when the state of Florida acquired ...
Governor's Mansion * 151 Kings Highway, Dover: 1965–present Also known as Woodburn. Built c. 1798 in Georgian style; purchased by state for use as governor's residence in 1965. NRHP-listed in 1972 [5] Florida: Governor's Mansion *
The uneven history of pets at the Florida governor's mansion. The old adage, "In politics, if you want a friend, get a dog," does not always work out at the governor's mansion.
Former Florida Gov. Buddy MacKay, who lost to Jeb Bush in 1998 but still served 23 days in office after the sudden death of Gov. Lawton Chiles, has died. ... 1998, at the governor's mansion. That ...
Lawmakers in 1998 OK'd $1 million for a landscaping plan that would provide an unobstructed view of the governor’s mansion from Monroe Street. Today, that view is first interrupted by a brown ...
The Florida Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee, Florida. The official residence of the governor of Florida is the Florida Governor's Mansion, in Tallahassee. The mansion was built in 1956, was designed to resemble Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, and since July 20, 2006 is part of the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It is also one of the ...
Trump nomination of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) will give Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) the opportunity to appoint a replacement who will serve until 2026. Meanwhile,… 6 Florida leaders who could shake ...