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re: The beautiful governor's mansions of the Southeastern Conference
Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:41 pm to Dawgsontop34
Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:41 pm to Dawgsontop34
Georgia's looks like a concept house in the 50's
and Tennessee looks like the house from home alone with out the tree
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:42 pm to RatRodDawg
My rankings:
1. South Carolina (beautiful Spanish-influenced architecture nestled in lush landscape; warms my soul)
2. Louisiana (classic fricking sprawling Southern mansion with massive porch for sipping whiskey)
3. Alabama (another classic Southern home; I love the 2nd-floor porch on the left and the sunroom on the right)
4. Tennessee (simple, elegant, and tucked away in the woods)
5. Kentucky (pretty, but not very inviting and could use more trees; I'd like to see a pic from the summer)
6. Missouri (unique when compared to the others; looks like a good place for a fire, a good book, and a scotch)
7. Texas (I actually think it's a really charming house; would be higher if it wasn't in the middle of downtown)
8. Florida (I like the architecture, but it's just a tad too generic)
9. Mississippi (very pretty house, but small and underwhelming compared to many of the others)
10. Arkansas (bland and unremarkable)
11. Georgia (what is that? A fricking rest center on the side of the highway?)
1. South Carolina (beautiful Spanish-influenced architecture nestled in lush landscape; warms my soul)
2. Louisiana (classic fricking sprawling Southern mansion with massive porch for sipping whiskey)
3. Alabama (another classic Southern home; I love the 2nd-floor porch on the left and the sunroom on the right)
4. Tennessee (simple, elegant, and tucked away in the woods)
5. Kentucky (pretty, but not very inviting and could use more trees; I'd like to see a pic from the summer)
6. Missouri (unique when compared to the others; looks like a good place for a fire, a good book, and a scotch)
7. Texas (I actually think it's a really charming house; would be higher if it wasn't in the middle of downtown)
8. Florida (I like the architecture, but it's just a tad too generic)
9. Mississippi (very pretty house, but small and underwhelming compared to many of the others)
10. Arkansas (bland and unremarkable)
11. Georgia (what is that? A fricking rest center on the side of the highway?)
Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:49 pm to El Mattadorr
Here's Kentucky in the summertime. I stand corrected... it's not bleak.
And someone earlier mentioned New Jersey. What a shitty state but good Lord what a beautiful home. It's called Drumthwacket:
And someone earlier mentioned New Jersey. What a shitty state but good Lord what a beautiful home. It's called Drumthwacket:
Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:55 pm to RatRodDawg
Give me Kentucky’s all day long. The only one that even looks Georgian like a SEC Guvnuh’s mansion should look. All the rest are a mishmash of Greek Revival except Mizzou’s which is Victorian.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:55 pm to RatRodDawg
Missouri has a Victorian style architecture.
British
British
Posted on 8/6/19 at 2:04 pm to MizzouTrue
Kentucky wins it hands down.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 2:05 pm to EKG
Texas looks like they copied Mississippi’s.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 2:15 pm to EKG
Why are you showing a picture of Alabama's grand staircase as part of Texas governor's mansion? 
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Texas looks shitty tooquote:
Hogwash.
It may not be in your lane, but it’s a beautiful historic building.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 2:20 pm to RatRodDawg
Missouri’s is kind of scary looking.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 2:49 pm to MaroonNation
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Texas looks like they copied Mississippi’s.
The only similarity I see is that they're both white.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 2:54 pm to RatRodDawg
Kentucky wins
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:13 pm to Griffindawg
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Ours (Georgia) is terrible
It really is
I drive past it multiple times a week and it's just so disappointing. Great area, nice grounds/landscaping, the mansion itself is awful though.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:13 pm to EKG
Alabama Governor's mansion grand staircase...
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:18 pm to Montgomery Hill
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Only ones I think older than Texas' are S Carolina and Virginia
Mississippi's was finished in 1841
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:28 pm to El Mattadorr
Mississippi
Texas
Literally we have a rotunda front and they have a plantation front. Everything else is the same.
Even google can’t tell the difference
Texas
Literally we have a rotunda front and they have a plantation front. Everything else is the same.
Even google can’t tell the difference
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:34 pm to MaroonNation
Mississippi one is vastly underrated.
Still would put it behind Texas and Florida.
Missouri's is definitely the worst.
Still would put it behind Texas and Florida.
Missouri's is definitely the worst.
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:23 pm to RatRodDawg
KY's is incredible. Would have never guessed that being in KY.
I like MS's a lot too. Bama's looks good.
GA's is very disappointing.
I like MS's a lot too. Bama's looks good.
GA's is very disappointing.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:14 pm to El Mattadorr
Here's my home state of California's...love the architecture, but there's something about it I hate...spooky-looking.
Ah, no wonder...Jerry Brown and now Gavin Newsom lives here.
Ah, no wonder...Jerry Brown and now Gavin Newsom lives here.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:16 pm to Montgomery Hill
Texas' looks like it was only half finished, like they couldn't afford to build the rest of it.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:32 pm to RatRodDawg
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Designed in the Beaux-Arts style; inspiration for the mansion came from French architecture.
Designed by C.C. and E.A. Weber of Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
The Mansion's exterior was modeled after the Petit Trianon, Queen Marie Antoinette's villa near the Palace of Versailles in France.
A stone balustrade and terrace lead to the front portico that includes four pairs of Ionic columns.
The interior of the Mansion reflects the eclectic interest in French Neo-Classicism typical of the Beaux-Arts period.
Interior
The Mansion measures nearly 80 feet wide and 200 feet long.
The Mansion's living and working space measures 18,428 square feet.
Most lighting fixtures and decorative features such as the ornamental plaster and mantles are original to the building.
Exterior and Grounds
The Mansion's walls are solid brick faced with Bowling Green Limestone.
The perimeter of the Mansion grounds is 3,135 linear feet.
The current garden layout was taken from the original garden plans drawn during the 1912 construction and planning phase.
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