Executive Mansions And Capitols Of America

Plot

This handsome book depicts and describes that history by means of highly detailed and informative studies of every Capitol and Executive Mansion, including those of American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S. Capitol and the White House. The text is accompanied by over 100 full-color plates. Among the more than 100 uncommonly interesting and varied histories of the Capitols and Mansions told in this book are these: Morven, the handsome New Jersey Governor's Mansion, which was built in 1701 as a private residence and filled the role of the first "White House" of the newly independent United States; La Fortaleza, in Puerto Rico, originally built as a fort in 1540 and since 1640 the official Governor's residence, making it the oldest building now used as an Executive Mansion; the Executive Mansion of Hawaii, Washington Place, the home of Queen Liliuokalani until her death in 1917; and the Oklahoma State Capitol, which is surrounded by oil wells. This is American history and these are the people who made it. Both are vividly described in Executive Mansions and Capitols of America. This is the first book to be published picturing and describing the Executive Mansions and the first to present all of the Capitols in color. This volume contains complete lists of the U.S. Presidents and all of the colonial, Territorial and State Governors, which have never before been assembled in one volume. In addition, there is detailed information about the costs and styles of architecture of every Executive Mansion and Capitol in the United States; and a complete list of the cities which have served as colonial, Territorial and State capitals.