Old Government House

Old Government House is a country house, now used as an office building, constructed in 1814. It was designed by Thomas Harrison and has undergone alterations since. The building is of stucco construction with a grey slate roof. The south front, facing the river, has three bays and features a bowed central bay with a verandah supported by four Roman Doric columns and square pilasters. There are French windows to the verandah, and sashes in each wing. A first-floor balcony above the verandah has a simple wrought-iron railing and a French window, with a painted stone cornice and one-course parapet above. The entrance front, on the left side, features a Roman Doric porch with paired columns and pilasters, an entablature with triglyphs, and a bowed second bay from the left. The windows are mostly sashes, some with removed glazing bars, including some 12-pane and 9-pane sashes. A large extension, likely dating to the 1930s, is situated to the right, partially concealing the original building's right side, which now has a corner porch with a single Roman Doric column. The interior includes a staircase, likely replaced, with a one-flight configuration, square lower newel, open string, brackets, turned balusters, and a swept rail. Some plaster cornices remain, though much detail has been removed.