The Pavilion is the principal workplace of the governor of Vermont , located at 109 State Street in Montpelier , capital of the U.S. state of Vermont . The building is built in the French Second Empire style, and houses the working offices, reception room, press briefing room, and living apartments of Vermont's governor. The term "The Fifth Floor" is sometimes used as a metonym for a governor's administration, or the Vermont governorship, which refers to the location of the governor's offices on the fifth floor of the Pavilion. The offices of two other elected statewide officials, the attorney general and the state treasurer , are housed in the Pavilion along with the Agency of Administration and the Vermont Historical Society and its museum.
25-491: The Pavilion Hotel may refer to: The Pavilion (Vermont) Pavilion Hotel (Nebraska) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pavilion Hotel . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
50-400: A 1978 interview, he intended to begin college after high school, but became ill during that year's influenza pandemic and did not recover until September. In searching for a university in which he could enroll after recovering, Davis sought one that had a World War I -era Student Army Training Corps program that would enable him to pay for his expenses. He discovered that the only place on
75-502: A new Pavilion. The west and south exterior façades are academic copies of the original building, faithful except for the missing chimneys and cast-iron cresting along the mansard roof. A large two-story piazza wraps around the building's south and west sides as in the 1876 building. The entry foyer on State Street and an adjacent reception room recreate the building's original ornate French Second Empire style interiors complete with polychrome stencilling, period artwork, and furnishings. When
100-490: The 1948 Republican National Convention . In the 1930s Davis practiced law in partnership with Stanley C. Wilson , F. Ray Keyser Sr. , and J. Ward Carver . Their firm was described as Vermont's "best ever collection of legal talent," in that it included one future Vermont Supreme Court justice (Keyser), one past and one future governor (Wilson and Davis), and one past Vermont Attorney General (Carver). In 1940 Davis left private practice to become general counsel for
125-475: The 74th governor of Vermont from 1969 to 1973. Deane Davis was born in East Barre, Vermont , on November 7, 1900, the son of Earle Russell Davis and Lois Salome Hillery. Earle Davis was an attorney who served as state's attorney for Washington County and county probate judge . The younger Davis attended the schools of Barre , and graduated from Spaulding High School in 1918. As Davis related in
150-632: The Morgan horse breed, including service as President of the Morgan Horse Club, Inc. The Vermont Morgan Horse Association created the Deane C. Davis Memorial Award in his honor. The Davis Award is presented annually to a person who has a history of promoting the Morgan Horse, but may have made their contribution quietly and steadily over a long period of time. A collection of Davis papers
175-644: The National Life Insurance Company . From 1942 to 1943 he was president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. In October 1942 he became president of the Vermont Bar Association , succeeding Joseph A. McNamara , and he served a one-year term. In 1943 he was appointed a vice president of National Life. He was named president in 1950, and served as chief executive officer from 1960 to 1966. From 1966 to 1968 Davis
200-560: The Vermont General Assembly and a self-taught architect-builder who also designed the first Vermont State House sited roughly on the site of the present Vermont Supreme Court. Shortly after construction Davis sold the hotel to Mahlon Cottrill who greatly enlarged the building, rebuilding it in the Greek Revival style. Cottrill established the name The Pavilion, and added piazzas on the south and west sides as in
225-471: The honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of Vermont . The Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business Award annually honors a Vermont enterprise that shows an outstanding history of sustained growth while displaying an acute awareness of what makes Vermont unique. The award is sponsored by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Davis was a noted horseman and proponent of
250-567: The Pavilion. While a hotel, the Pavilion was colloquially referred to as Vermont's "third house" (after the Senate and House of Representatives ) because it was so intertwined with Vermont's political history, and, while a hotel, served as a home for many of Vermont's legislators. The first hotel on the site was a three-story building built in 1807–1808 by Thomas Davis. This building was designed by Sylvanus Baldwin, representative for Montpelier in
275-521: The Republican primary. In the general election, Davis prevailed over Lieutenant Governor John J. Daley . Davis ran for reelection in 1970 and defeated Lieutenant Governor Thomas L. Hayes in the Republican primary. In the general election, Davis prevailed over Democrat Leo O'Brien Jr., who was a member of the Vermont Senate . Davis served as governor from 1969 to 1973. His governorship
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#1732787575978300-566: The Truth , and 1991's Deane C. Davis: An Autobiography . Davis died in Berlin on December 8, 1990. He was interred in Barre's Elmwood Cemetery. In 1924, Davis married Corrine Eastman (1901–1951). They were the parents of three children— Deane (1925–1929), Marian (1927–2014), and Thomas (1931–2017). In 1952, Davis married Marjorie Phyllis Smith Conzelman (1904–2003). In 1957, Davis received
325-550: The city council and city attorney. From 1927 to 1928 he was Washington County State's Attorney . From 1931 to 1936 Davis was a judge of the Vermont Superior Court , having been appointed to fill the vacancy created when Warner A. Graham was appointed to the Vermont Supreme Court . As a leader of the party, Davis also attended numerous state and national conventions as a delegate, including
350-448: The current building opened in 1971, Governor Dean Davis had the offices of the governor located in the southeast corner of the fifth floor, approached from a long corridor then used as a gallery of Vermont artists. A modernist addition, in the form of a contemporary steel and glass wing was added to the building in the 1980s. This wing is to the northwest, directly north of the state library and Vermont Supreme Court . The working office of
375-582: The east coast that met this requirement was Boston University School of Law , which required two years of liberal arts education. The dean of the law school agreed to enroll Davis provided that he simultaneously complete the liberal arts requirements. He studied at the law school while participating in the SATC program, received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1922, and became a lawyer in Barre . A Republican , Davis served in local offices including member of
400-680: The governor was moved to this wing, providing the office with a dramatic view of the State House dome to the northwest. A ceremonial office for the governor is provided in the State House , and is used on a near daily basis during legislative sessions. The state of Vermont previously maintained an official residence for Vermont's governors called the Chester Wright House at 159 State Street, a large late Georgian style house built in 1809. The Greek Revival portico and terrace
425-462: The hotel's steady decline. The hotel ceased operation in October 1966. The state of Vermont acquired the property in 1969. Restoration and reuse of the building was briefly considered, but a pressing need for expansion of state offices in the capital complex area, coupled with a lack of sensitivity for historic preservation, led to the complete razing of the building and the subsequent construction of
450-426: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pavilion_Hotel&oldid=933045685 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Pavilion (Vermont) The five-story building is a 1971 reconstruction of an 1876 hotel, also called
475-430: The legislative session when work is sometimes conducted late into the night. 44°15′40″N 72°34′46″W / 44.2612°N 72.5794°W / 44.2612; -72.5794 Deane C. Davis Deane Chandler Davis (November 7, 1900 – December 8, 1990) was an American attorney and insurance executive from Vermont. Long active in Republican politics, he is most notable for his service as
500-666: The ordinary because he ran at a relatively advanced age, and because he had not served the usual "apprenticeship" of previous successful Republican nominees for governor. Prior to Davis, the Republican Party, which had controlled statewide offices for more than 100 years, had almost always prepared candidates for governor by electing them to leadership positions in the Vermont House of Representatives or Vermont Senate , or lesser state offices such as lieutenant governor . Davis defeated Attorney General James L. Oakes in
525-416: The present building. In 1874 Theron O. Bailey acquired the hotel, razed the second building and erected a new ninety-guestroom Pavilion, adding two full floors, and an attic floor below its fashionable new mansard roof . Steam powered elevators carried guests from the ground to fifth floor. Two new ball rooms, dining rooms, and lounges were added – all lit by gas jet. A large two-story Italianate style piazza
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#1732787575978550-401: Was National Life's chairman of the board. From 1957 to 1959, Davis served as chairman of a state commission that reviewed the organization and functions of the state government (a "little Hoover Commission ") and proposed modernization and reforms in a report to the Vermont General Assembly . In 1968, Davis decided to continue that work by running for governor . His candidacy was out of
575-526: Was added later in the nineteenth century. The family of Governor Joseph B. Johnson were the last regular residents, leaving the house at the end of his term in 1959. The house was used sporadically until the mid-1960s when the house was sold due to lack of use. A residential apartment for the governor was built in the northwest portion of the building during the administration of Madeleine M. Kunin . These rooms are used infrequently by recent governors but can be useful to Vermont's governor during emergencies or
600-485: Was added on the south side facing State Street, and to the west facing the public lawn of the Vermont State House . Bailey's grand new hotel cost $ 100,000, and opened in time for the 1876 Centennial of American Independence . For three-quarters of a century the Pavilion remained the grand hotel of Montpelier. An increase in legislators willing to commute, by car, from home to the state house, contributed to
625-486: Was particularly noteworthy for the creation of a state sales tax to help balance the state budget. Davis also oversaw the 1970 enactment of Act 250 , a law designed to allow for planned real estate sale and development while also safeguarding the environment, community life, and aesthetic character of the state. In his retirement he authored three books, including 1980's Justice in the Mountains , 1982's Nothin' but
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