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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LSSHP_180713_001.JPG: House Detectives
2. LSSHP_180713_011.JPG: Revealing Secrets
3. LSSHP_180713_017.JPG: A Colorful Past
4. LSSHP_180713_018.JPG: New Heights
5. LSSHP_180713_032.JPG: A House Fit for a Governor
6. LSSHP_180713_034.JPG: Rising Fortunes
7. LSSHP_180713_036.JPG: Palace of a Railroad King
8. LSSHP_180713_043.JPG: 1856 The first house, built by Shelton Fogus, resembled a small, two-story eastern "row" house. The elegant brick home with Italianate details, stood out amid the city's simple wood frame houses.
9. LSSHP_180713_045.JPG: 1857 The following year, Fogus expanded the house on the east, centering the entry. He added two small parlors downstairs and an upstairs bedroom, dressing room, and bathroom with indoor plumbing.
10. LSSHP_180713_047.JPG: 1862 Winter floods devastated the city after the Stanfords bought the house. They added a one-story brick governor's office with a connecting breezeway, and a new garden with fruit trees and shrubs.
11. LSSHP_180713_049.JPG: 1872 New wealth allowed the Stanfords to remodel, adding Second Empire architecture details. Six times larger than before, it now had a new ground floor rear wings, and a mansard-roofed floor above.
12. LSSHP_180713_055.JPG: Political Connections
13. LSSHP_180713_058.JPG: Leland Stanford
14. LSSHP_180713_061.JPG: Frederick Low
15. LSSHP_180713_063.JPG: Henry Haight
16. LSSHP_180713_074.JPG: Capitalist Adventures
17. LSSHP_180713_078.JPG: Life in Motion
18. LSSHP_180713_081.JPG: The Curse of California
19. LSSHP_180713_084.JPG: A Keen Eye for Horses
20. LSSHP_180713_087.JPG: The Stanford Label
21. LSSHP_180713_091.JPG: Sheltering Home
22. LSSHP_180713_098.JPG: Sisters of Mercy
23. LSSHP_180713_101.JPG: A Sheltering Home
24. LSSHP_180713_105.JPG: Sisters of Social Service
25. LSSHP_180713_117.JPG: For nearly 80 years the sound of children's laughter filled the playgrounds surrounding the Stanford Home for Children. These toys and personal items were found during the Mansion's restoration.
26. LSSHP_180713_128.JPG: Remarkable Lady
27. LSSHP_180713_132.JPG: California's First Lady
28. LSSHP_180713_136.JPG: University Founder
29. LSSHP_180713_139.JPG: Devoted Mother
30. LSSHP_180713_150.JPG: "Wild with Interest" Tutor Herbert Nash marveled that his pupil, Leland Stanford, Jr., was "wild with interest." Leland filled sketchbooks like this one with his drawings.
31. LSSHP_180713_152.JPG: Live Steam Leland Jr. was born in a world transformed by steam technology. He shared his father's fascination with all things mechanical. His toys included this steam-powered fire pumper.
32. LSSHP_180713_156.JPG: Fun and Games Leland's first playmates were neighborhood children. On his 3rd birthday, his parents flew flags from the tall flagpole in front of their Sacramento house. The children played games on the lawn, and ice cream, was served to the whole neighborhood.
33. LSSHP_180713_177.JPG: A Stately Mansion This Landmark Home Upholds a Tradition of Service to the State Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park, a National Historic Landmark, served as headquarters of three governors during the turbulent 1860s. Today it welcomes leaders from around the world as the State's official reception center and public museum. As a Pro-Union Civil War governor and president of the Central Pacific Railroad, Leland Stanford negotiated political and business deals that helped complete the transcontinental railroad. Jane Lathrop Stanford gave birth to their only child, Leland Jr., here on May 14, 1868. The couple's new wealth enabled them to expand the mansion in 1872, creating the architectural legacy you see today. In the 20th Century, children in need found a home in the mansion when Jane Stanford gave it to Sacramento's Catholic diocese. California State Park bought the property and, supported by the Leland Stanford Mansion Foundation, restored its Victorian grandeur. In 2005, this stately home opened to the public, renewing its service to the state.
34. LSSHP_180713_196.JPG: Leland Stanford House The house originally designed in 1857 by Seth Babson and was purchased by Leland Stanford in 1861. It served as the State Executive Office from 1861 to 1867, before the completion of the State Capital. It was later extensively remodeled and enlarged. In 1900 Jane Lathrop Stanford gave the house to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento to create the Stanford-Lathrop Memorial Home for Friendless Children.
35. LSSHP_180713_223.JPG: A Stately Mansion This Landmark Home Upholds a Tradition of Service to the State Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park, a National Historic Landmark, served as headquarters of three governors during the turbulent 1860s. Today it welcomes leaders from around the world as the State's official reception center and public museum. As a Pro-Union Civil War governor and president of the Central Pacific Railroad, Leland Stanford negotiated political and business deals that helped complete the transcontinental railroad. Jane Lathrop Stanford gave birth to their only child, Leland Jr., here on May 14, 1868. The couple's new wealth enabled them to expand the mansion in 1872, creating the architectural legacy you see today. In the 20th Century, children in need found a home in the mansion when Jane Stanford gave it to Sacramento's Catholic diocese. California State Park bought the property and, supported by the Leland Stanford Mansion Foundation, restored its Victorian grandeur. In 2005, this stately home opened to the public, renewing its service to the state.
Wikipedia Description: Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park is a state and federally protected historic site in Sacramento, California.

The park is on the corner of 8th Street and N Street in Downtown Sacramento, just two blocks away from the State Capitol building.

Stanford Mansion

The State Historic Park features the Stanford Mansion, once owned by Leland Stanford, Governor of California from 1862 to 1863, U.S. Senator from 1885 to 1893, railroad tycoon, member of the Big Four and founder of Stanford University.

Prior to the reopening of the mansion, California did not have a location for the hosting of official functions for nearly 40 years. Today the mansion is frequently used by the Government of California to host foreign dignitaries. The Governor also retains an office in the mansion. Tours of the mansion are offered daily but can be impacted by official functions on behalf of the Governor's Office or the California State Legislature leadership.

The mansion was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1957 and a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

History

The original owner and builder of the home was Sacramento merchant Shelton C. Fogus, a wealthy Sacramento building merchant. The Renaissance Revival architecture of the original home is attributed to Seth Babson.

Stanfords

Leland Stanford, president of the Central Pacific Railroad and a rising member of the Republican Party, purchased the home for $8,000 in June 1861, shortly before his election as California governor that year. During his two-year governorship, the Stanford Mansion served as the state's executive office and living quarters. Succeeding governors Frederick Low and Henry Huntly Haight would also make the mansion their office.

Between 1871 and 1872, the Stanford family embarked on an ambitious remodeling of the residence. As Stanford had had to attend his gubernatorial inauguration by rowboat in 1862, the home was raised twelve feet in response to frequent flooding from the Sacramento River. In addition, one story was added to both the bottom and top of the mansion. The home was also expanded from 4,000 square feet (370 m2) to 19,000, and redesigned to reflect the French Second Empire architecture popular of the period, particularly in the 4th floor Mansard roof that caps the home. The result was a four-story remodeled architectural sandwich in which the original 2-story house sat between the added floors.

Following Stanford's death in 1893, his widow Jane Lathrop Stanford continued to oversee the home.
Social services venue

In 1900, Jane Stanford donated the home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento to be used for the children of California. It was given to the Sisters of Mercy who ran it as an orphanage named the Stanford and Lathrop Memorial Home for Friendless Children.

In 1932, the home was handed over the Sisters of Social Service who eventually transformed the mansion from an orphanage to a residence for dependent high school girls. A fire in the mansion in 1940 brought considerable damage to the fourth floor.

The mansion was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1957.

State historic park

In 1978, the government of California acquired the property for use as a state park. The Sisters of Social Services would remain on the grounds until 1987, when California State Parks designated the mansion and the immediate surrounding land as a state historic park. Following the state's decision, the National Park Service declared the mansion as a National Historic Landmark on May 28, 1987. It was not until September 2005 that the mansion would finally be open to public tours, after 20 million dollars worth of renovation and rehabilitation.

The mansion is also the state's official reception center for leaders from around the world.

Restoration

Beginning in 1991, with the help of Sacramento businessman and former Stanford University professor Peter McCuen, the Stanford Mansion underwent a 14-year renovation at the cost $22 million. Accurate restoration of the home and its rooms was aided by both an extensive study of the home in 1986 through the Historic American Buildings Survey, and through a large collection of photographs of the home taken in 1868 by Alfred A. Hart, and again in 1872 by Eadweard Muybridge.

The repairs and restoration were completed in 2005, when the mansion opened to the public. California State Parks offers guided tours through the fully refurbished home. Rooms of the house have been restored to their 1872 appearance. The Leland Stanford Mansion is physically accessible, including the gardens, Visitor Center and restrooms. Elevators provide access to the upper floors of the Mansion’s tour route. A tactile model of the Mansion is also available in the Visitor Center.
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