The Blaine House

Infobox_nrhp | name =James G. Blaine House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= Capitol and State Sts., Augusta, Maine
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 18
lat_seconds = 28.38
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 69
long_minutes = 46
long_seconds = 53.04
long_direction = W
locmapin = Maine
area =
built =1833
architect= John Calvin Stevens
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= January 29, 1964cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=26&ResourceType=Building
title=James G. Blaine House |accessdate=2008-02-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=66000024

The Blaine House, also known as James G. Blaine House, is the official residence of the Governor of Maine (U.S. state) and his or her family. The Executive Mansion was officially declared the residence of the Governor in 1919 with the name "The Blaine House." It is located in Augusta, Maine, across the street from the Maine State House.

The Blaine House was donated to the State of Maine for a Governor's residence by Harriet Blaine Beale in 1919. The house dates back to 1833 and was built by James Hall, a retired ship's captain. James G. Blaine, then the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, purchased it in 1862 as a present for his wife, the former Harriet Stanwood, daughter of a prominent Augusta family. During World War I it was used by Maine's Committee for Public Safety. It was presented to the State by his youngest daughter, Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale, and established by the Legislature of 1919 as the official residence of the Governor of Maine. It was remodeled prior to the first governor taking residence in 1921.cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 154 ] Carl E. Miliken was the first governor to occupy the home. [ [http://www.blainehouse.org/History.html History of the Blaine House ] ]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1964.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000024.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: James G. Blaine House / Blaine House; Governor's Mansion] |32 KB|date=19 Aug, 1963 |author=Polly M. Rettig and S. Sydney Bradford |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000024.pdf "Accompanying 4 photos, exterior and interior, from 1975 and undated"] |32 KB]

The current residents are Governor John Baldacci and his family.

In Popular Culture

Parts of the movie "Wedding Wars" were filmed on location at the estate. Fact|date=August 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.blainehouse.org The Blaine House home page]
* [http://www.hometownusa.com/maine/info/mansion.html The Blaine House information page]
* [http://www.maine.gov/firstlady/blainehouse/ Blaine House (State of Maine official site)]