Mahonia Hall

Salem, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Mahonia Hall, the official residence of Oregon's governor in Salem, is a half-timber Tudor Revival mansion designed and built in 1924 by Ellis F. Lawrence, founder of the University of Oregon School of Architecture, for hop farmer Thomas A. Livesley. The 10,000-square-foot home features a ballroom on the third floor, a pipe organ, wine cellar, and formal gardens—all original to its design. The state acquired the property in 1988 through private donations, and it was renamed Mahonia Hall after the scientific name of Oregon's state flower, the Oregon-grape, following a 1988 naming contest won by a thirteen-year-old Salem resident. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, the mansion has served as home to Oregon's governors since Neil Goldschmidt became its first official resident.