The Governor's Suite

The Governor's Office Suite includes the Governor's Hearing Room, the Governor's Reception Area and the private offices of the Governor and the Chief of Staff. The decorative style of the suite is Italian Renaissance. In the wall separating the Hearing Room from the Reception Room is a large stone fireplace. The limestone fireplace is decorated with carvings of bison and corn; the corn motif is also used in the inlay border of the wainscoted walls.

East Wall of the Reception Room

The wall and ceiling murals were painted by Augustus Vincent Tack. Tack's murals are oil on linen and installed to resemble fresco. The overall theme of his paintings is "Ideal Government and Ideal Life". On the hood above the fireplace is a crest featuring a pioneer woman and the Nebraska State Motto Equality Before the Law. On either side responsibilities of the state are represented, taking care of the infirm and helpless, and educating. At the opposite end of the room, on the east wall, Justice is being tempered by Mercy and Understanding. On either side of those three figures, the citizenry is represented. In the arched area above the "Law Giving Civilizations" are shown. On the side walls qualities the state protects, motherhood and marriage, and the guarantees of the state to its citizenry, freedoms of speech and religion and the right of suffrage are portrayed. The ceiling murals represent the occupations of life, agriculture and industry, as well as the four elements.