Historical Marker - L197 - Governor's Mansion (Marker ID#:L197)
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Governor's Mansion
Significant Date:
Statehood Era (1815-1860)
Registry Year:
1972
Erected Date: 1972
Marker Location
Address: 621 South Marshall Avenue
City: Marshall
State: MI
ZipCode:
County: Calhoun
Township: Marshall
Lat: 42.26560700 / Long: -84.95419400
Web URL:
State Senator James Wright Gordon built this
Greek Revival house in 1839, the year he
introduced a bill to make his town state capital.
Land near his house had been selected for the
capitol grounds. Marshall’s hopes were not
fulfilled but Gordon became lieutenant governor
in 1840, and acting governor in 1841 upon the
resignation of William Woodbridge. In 1967 the
property was deeded to the Mary Marshall
Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
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