governor's mansion

State leader's home

A governor's mansion is the official residence of a U.S. state governor, typically a historic or architecturally significant building maintained at public expense.

Some governors live there; others use it mainly for ceremonial functions: The reception was held at the governor's mansion.

The term sometimes appears figuratively for the office itself: She has her eye on the governor's mansion.

Opposites
official residence status

governor's mansionprivate residence

tract house · apartment · public housing · homeless shelter

scale of executive power

governor's mansionWhite House

Official presidential residence

Buckingham Palace · 10 Downing Street · city hall · town hall

architectural grandeur and privilege

governor's mansionshack

Crudely built hut

hovel · shanty · slum dwelling · cardboard box · tenement

Family

mansion, governor

Familiarity
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Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G