Governor's Mansion — Attraction in Frankfort

This is the Executive Mansion, Home of the Governor and Kentucky First Lady, located at the Capitol Complex. Located at 704 Capitol Avenue in Frankfort. Regularly scheduled public tours of the mansion are available Tuesdays and Thursday from 9 to 11am we were there on a Friday so was not able to go inside.

The mansion officially opened with a large party on January 20, 1914, 96 yrs ago tomorrow. The mansion has 25 rooms, including 2 dining rooms, a grand ballroom, a commercial size kitchen, sunroom, and private living quarters for the Governor and his family

The mansion is 80 ft wide and 200 ft long. Made of brick covered by limestone to match the Capitol building. Put on National Register of Historical Places in 1972. The first Governor's mansion is located downtown and built in 1798. There is a formal garden with fountain, very BEAUTIFUL in the spring and summer...definitely going back then to check it out.

The current mansion took 2 yrs to build and cost $75,000 to build. Governor James B McCreary and his family were the first to live there. He was the 27th and 37th Governor of Kentucky. It is a tradition when the new Governor and family moves in to the home, they are greeted with a country ham, biscuits and a white cake...thus is a traditional meal for decades.

The mansion was inspired with French influences by architect CC and EA Weber. Inspired the French chateaux, Petit Trianon, located at Versailles created by King Louis XV for his mistress, and later given to Queen Marie Antoinette by...

After visiting the Capitol building on the weekend, we came back on a Tuesday to tour he mansion. Unfortunately we thought the last tour left at 11, but it actually left at 10:30! The world's nicest lady took us around anyways and we had our own private tour, which was simply amazing. This building has lots of rich history. It was a great time and we were lucky their...

The Governor's Mansion was a very beautiful and unique place. It is full of interesting history. It was very nice of Governor Matt Bevin to invite us to see and learn about it. The behind the scenes tour was a great and unexpected surprise. The Infinity mirrors we're were a great touch. I would recommend going to see and learning about the...