[3] The Oregonian held a naming contest in 1988, and Eric Johnson, a 13-year-old from Salem, came up with the winning entry.

[4] Governor Neil Goldschmidt and his family were the first official residents.

[2] The half-timber Tudor-style mansion was designed and built in 1924 by Ellis F. Lawrence, the founder of the University of Oregon School of Architecture, for hop farmer Thomas A. Livesley.

The structure includes a ballroom on the third floor, a pipe organ, a wine cellar, and formal gardens; all were part of the original design.

[4] Mahonia Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.