State Drawing Room

This room is used for greeting official visitors and for posed photos with the Governor.

The rug is an exact replica of the original Aubusson Tapestry Weave made by Lacey Champion Mill of Fairmont, Georgia. The rug was added during Governor Zell Miller’s administration and many restorations in the room have occurred during Governor Perdue’s administration.

The gentleman in the portrait on the far wall is Robert Augustus Alston a Georgia State legislator from Decatur during the post Civil War period. He was regarded for his fairness during reconstruction and was shot tragically by a detractor in Atlanta. The lady is Lillian Henderson who was the director of Confederate pensions and records in Georgia.