Thomas Kearns Mansion and Carriage House

This is where Utah's governors have lived. Thomas Kearns — the Irish-born miner who struck it rich in Park City's Silver King, went to the United States Senate, and owned the Salt Lake Tribune — built this limestone mansion on South Temple between 1900 and 1902, in the grand manner his fortune allowed. After his death his widow gave the house to the state, and from 1937 it became the official Governor's Mansion, which it remains. Among the palaces the mining kings raised along this street, it is the one the public still enters.

What the plaque says

Built 1900-1902 of Sanpete limestone. Architect Carl M. Neuhausen. Governor's mansion 1937-1957.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.9 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.9 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Ensign Peak — 1.5 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 1.7 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Gentsch-Thompson House — steps away
• David Keith Mansion — steps away
• 20 th Ward Meetinghouse — steps away
• Simon Bamberger House — steps away