Governor’s Mansion Work Is Troubling To Some Historians

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April 30th, 2019

First lady Marty Kemp has planted a vegetable garden at the mansion, cleared out dead and diseased trees on the west side of the property, and hopes to bring back a tradition of exhibiting flowers and plants native to Georgia.

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There’s a new family at the Governor’s Mansion and they’re trying to make it feel like home.

But as Brian Kemp’s staff makes some changes to the 18-acre estate on West Paces Ferry, it has made some preservationists uneasy.

Under the aegis of the new governor, workers have dismantled a squadron of 12-foot columns that once surrounded the tennis court. They’ve also removed a quartet of statues that stood around a fountain in the terraced garden on the west side of the estate.

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