Dublin Core
Title
James G. Blaine's House/Governor's Mansion
Subject
HISTORY,PEOPLE,PLACES,SOCIAL HISTORY
Description
James G. Blaine’s house is a two-story frame and clapboard house, located on a 2.38-acre lot owned by the State of Maine in Augusta, Maine. The house was initially built in 1833 for Captain James Hall but was sold to James G. Blaine in 1862 and was retained by his family until 1919 when it was given to the State of Maine to be used as a governor’s residence. The House was renovated in 1919 by architect John Calvin Stevens as well as in 1962 and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 due its association with Blaine, a prominent politician during and after the Civil War. In his early days as a politician, Blaine supported Abraham Lincoln and the Union War effort in the Civil War and supported black suffrage in the Reconstruction era. He was a Republican, who represented Maine in the House of Representatives between 1863-76, served in the Senate from 1876 to 1881 and was secretary of state in 1881 and 1889-92. Blaine also unsuccessfully ran for president in 1884 when he lost to Grover Cleveland.
Source
american
Date
1833
Contributor
md269@st-andrews.ac.uk
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Spatial Coverage
current,44.3084706,-69.7802383;
License
Creative Commons Attribution License
Europeana
Europeana Type
IMAGE
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/James_G._Blaine's_House/Governor's_Mansion
DescriptionEN
James G. Blaine’s house is a two-story frame and clapboard house, located on a 2.38-acre lot owned by the State of Maine in Augusta, Maine. The house was initially built in 1833 for Captain James Hall but was sold to James G. Blaine in 1862 and was retained by his family until 1919 when it was given to the State of Maine to be used as a governor’s residence. The House was renovated in 1919 by architect John Calvin Stevens as well as in 1962 and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964 due its association with Blaine, a prominent politician during and after the Civil War. In his early days as a politician, Blaine supported Abraham Lincoln and the Union War effort in the Civil War and supported black suffrage in the Reconstruction era. He was a Republican, who represented Maine in the House of Representatives between 1863-76, served in the Senate from 1876 to 1881 and was secretary of state in 1881 and 1889-92. Blaine also unsuccessfully ran for president in 1884 when he lost to Grover Cleveland.
State
Maine