State House or statehouse may refer to:
Buildings
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Aso Villa
The Aso Rock Villa (officially Aso Rock Presidential Villa) is the workplace and official residence of the President of Nigeria since 1991, when Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja. It is located at Yakubu Gowon Crescent, Asokoro, Asokor ...
or State House, the official residence of the President of Nigeria
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Government House, Dominica
The State House, located in Roseau, is the official residence of the president of Dominica. Previously it was used as the official residence of the colonial governors of Dominica.
History
The residence of the British governors of the island ...
or The State House, the official residence of the President of Dominica
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State House, Barbados
The State House (formerly Government House) is the official residence and office of the president of Barbados. It was built in 1702 during the colonial days and served as a Quaker Plantation, until it was purchased by the imperial government, to ...
, the official residence of the President of Barbados
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State House, Bermuda
The State House (1620) in St. George's was the first purpose-built home of the House of Assembly, which then constituted the only chamber of the Parliament of Bermuda. Other than fortifications, it was Bermuda's first stone building. It is the o ...
, the original parliament building
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State House, Guyana
State House (formerly Government House) located in Georgetown, is the official residence of the president of Guyana. It was previously the official residence of the governor of British Guiana before the colony gained independence and became Guyan ...
, the official residence of the President of Guyana
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State House (Kenya)
State House is the official residence of the president of Kenya. It was the prime minister's residence from independence until 12 December 1964 when Kenya became a republic. As the prime minister's position was abolished, it has been the officia ...
, the official residence of the President of Kenya
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State House (Mauritius)
The State House () is the official residence of the President of Mauritius. Originally Le Réduit, it was built as a fortress for defence against attack by Pierre Félix Barthelemy David in 1749. The mansion is in Réduit, Moka, near of the U ...
, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Mauritius
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State House of Namibia, the official residence of the President of Namibia
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State House (Pennsylvania)
State House was the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. The mansion is located on the grounds of Fort Indiantown Gap in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Originally a secondary Pennsylva ...
, the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
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State House (Seychelles)
The State House is the official residence of the President of the Seychelles.
History
The State House was designed and built in 1910, when Seychelles was still a British colony. Then known as "Government House", it was the residence of th ...
, the official residence of the President of the Seychelles
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State House (Sierra Leone)
The State House is the official residence of the president of Sierra Leone. It is home to the offices of the president, senior presidential staff and associated aides. The State House is located at State Avenue, Tower Hill, in central Freetown.
H ...
, the official residence of the President of the Sierra Leone
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State House (Tanzania)
Ikulu is the official residence of the president of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam which was founded by Majid bin Said of Zanzibar in 1865.
The State House blends African and Arabian architecture, with wide verandahs and covered walkways. It is white ...
, the official residence of the President of Tanzania
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State House (Uganda)
The president of the Republic of Uganda is the head of state and the head of government of Uganda. The president leads the executive branch of the government of Uganda and is the commander-in-chief of the Uganda People's Defence Force.
Back ...
, the official residence of the President of Uganda
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State House (Zimbabwe)
State House, formerly known as Government House, is the official residence of the President of Zimbabwe and is located in Harare, Zimbabwe. It was previously used by the Administrative posts of the British South Africa Company in Southern Rhodes ...
, the official residence of the President of Zimbabwe in Harare
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State House (Bulawayo)
State House, formerly called Government House, is a former Government House in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It was used by the British South Africa Company during their rule in Rhodesia. It was built by Cecil Rhodes in 1897 as his personal residence. It ...
, the official residence of the President of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo
United States
*Capitol building of a U.S. state; see
List of state capitols in the United States
A capitol, or seat of government, is the building or complex of buildings from which a government such as that of a U.S. state, the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, or the organized territories of the United States, exercises its autho ...
**Metonym for
Governor (United States)
In the United States, a governor serves as the chief executive and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty U.S. state, states and in the five permanently inhabited Territories of the United States, territories, functioning as head of state and ...
, chief executive officer of a state or territory
*Lower house of a state legislature (House of Representatives or House of Delegates); see
List of U.S. state legislatures
This is a list of United States state legislatures. Each state in the United States has a legislature as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution. With the e ...
**Metonym for the
State legislature (United States)
In the United States, the state legislature is the legislative branch in each of the 50 U.S. states.
A legislature generally performs state duties for a state in the same way that the United States Congress performs national duties at ...
, the legislative body of a state
Other uses
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''State House'' (train), an American passenger train
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State housing
Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...
, the government-owned public housing system in New Zealand
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Official residence
An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of th ...
, residence at which a nation's leader or other senior figure officially resides
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