Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

Wyoming Governor's Mansion

Enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 27, 2016

1. Wyoming Governor's Mansion Marker

Inscription. In 1901 Wyoming Legislature authorized an Executive Mansion and appropriated $40,000 for that purpose. Under architect Charles W. Murdock, this Georgian style building was completed late in 1904 at a total cost, including site, landscaping, construction and furnishings of $33,253.29.
Governor and Mrs. Bryant B. Brooks were the Mansion's first occupants. A society-news item from the Cheyenne Daily Leader, January 4, 1905, said: "Mrs. B.B. Brooks will return from Casper on Friday evening accompanied by her children. Every effort is being made by the decorators and finishers to have the Executive Mansion in readiness to receive the family Saturday."
The Mansion got its housewarming in official and formal style when, on January 23, 1905, Governor and Mrs. Brooks entertained at a reception in honor of State Legislators, State Officials and their wives. Next day, the Wyoming Tribune reported the affair in its page one story which said, "A Happy Throng of Guests Assemble at the Executive Mansion to meet the Legislature." Other accounts proclaimed the occasion "one of brilliance" and stressed the "stately Mansion ablaze with

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State Executive Mansions were customary structures long before Wyoming got around to building this one as a home for its governors. Still, this Mansion has one "first". When Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross became Governor of Wyoming in 1925, this was the first Executive Mansion in the Nation to become the home of a woman governor.

Erected by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 41° 8.317′ N, 104° 48.88′ W. Marker is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. It is on East 21st Street near House Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 East 21st Street, Cheyenne WY 82001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what

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Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 27, 2016

2. Wyoming Governor's Mansion and Marker

was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Preservation of the Wyoming Historic Governor's Mansion (a few steps from this marker); Mrs. Esther Hobart Morris (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Votes for Women (about 500 feet away); Wyoming’s Liberty Bell Replica (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Mary's Cathedral (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Cheyenne's Carnegie Public Library -- 1901-1966 (approx. 0.2 miles away); St. Marks Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named St. Mark's Episcopal Church (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.

Wyoming Governor's Mansion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 27, 2016

3. Wyoming Governor's Mansion

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, May 27, 2016

4. Wyoming Governor's Mansion

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2020. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 550 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 17, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.