Cedar Crest (mansion)
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| Cedar Crest | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Topeka, KS |
| Built/Founded: | 1929 |
| Architect: | William D. Wight |
| Architectural style(s): | Other |
| Added to NRHP: | May 06, 1982 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82002672 [1] |
| Governing body: | State |
The Kansas Governor's Mansion, also called Cedar Crest, is the official residence of the Governor of Kansas and his or her family. Built in 1928, bequeathed to the state in 1955, it became the governor's residence in 1962.
The residence on a hilltop on the west side of Topeka overlooking the Kansas River was designed by architect firm Wight and Wight in 1928 for Topeka State Journal and Emporia News newspaper publisher Frank P. MacLennan. MacLennan died in 1933 and upon the death of his wife 1955, she bequeathed Cedar Crest to the State of Kansas, with the condition it be utilized as a home for the Governor of Kansas. The gift included 244 acres (0.99 km²) of surrounding land to be used as a park (now called MacLennan Park). Since 1962 it has been used as the governor's residence.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
In the 1990s, a $4.4 million rehabilitation of the mansion took place.
[edit] Notes
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
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