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Tour of the Illinois Executive Mansion
Date: 3/1/2009 Album ID: 701245
Photos by Kristen Schmid Schurter
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Tour of the Illinois Executive Mansion, where the governor is supposed to live (but where Blagojevich never did). The mansion is open for business again, with new Gov. Pat Quinn taking up residence there and promising to restore it to being "the people's house".
One of four parlors used for public events at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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One of four parlors used for public events at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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The Lincoln bedroom at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., part of the building's public area.
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Detail from a carved wooden clock case in the Bartels suite of the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., part of the building’s public area.
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The Kankakee room in the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., one of the rooms open to the public.
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The Taylorville suite in the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., is part of the building's public area.
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The third floor of the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill. [note: technically this is the 2nd floor because the 1st floor is called the ground floor]
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The three-story staircase at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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The three-story staircase at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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Lincoln bust in the Library at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., sculpted by Thomas D. Jones after Lincoln’s election.
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Barry Schleyhahn, houseman for 11 years at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., cleans the State Dining Room after an event the previous night.
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Detail of State Dining Room table chair. Kristen Schmid Schurter | Special to the Post-Dispatch
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The Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., was built in 1855 and hosts public tours and events, and now, with new Governor Pat Quinn, will once again serve as the Illinois Governor’s residence.
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The Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., was built in 1855 and hosts public tours and events, and now, with new Governor Pat Quinn, will once again serve as the Illinois Governor’s residence.
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The State Dining Room at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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The Library at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., with a Lincoln bust sculpted by Thomas D. Jones after Lincoln’s election.
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The State Dining Room at the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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Dave Bourland, curator of the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill.
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Dave Bourland, curator of the Executive Mansion in Springfield, Ill., in the State Dining Room.
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