Government House (American Samoa)

Government House
Government House in 2007
LocationFagatogo, Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa
Coordinates14°16′38″S 170°40′59″W / 14.277224°S 170.683006°W / -14.277224; -170.683006
Area1.4 acres (5,700 m2)
Built1903
Architectural styleVictorian
Part ofU.S. Naval Station Tutuila Historic District (ID90000854)
NRHP reference No.72001443
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 16, 1972
Designated NHLDecember 14, 1990

Government House, also known as Building No.1, Naval Station, Tutuila or Government House, U.S. Naval Station Tutuila, is a historic government building on the grounds of the former United States Naval Station Tutuila in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Built in 1903, it has served as a center of government on the island for much of the time since then. Government House was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

It has a tropical Victorian military style. Guided by Benjamin Franklin Tilley, the first commandant of the U.S. Naval Station Tutuila, it was intended to accommodate future governors. The construction, which cost $15,000, relied on Samoan laborers overseen by naval architects and two skilled carpenters from the U.S.

Government House is located in Fagatogo on Maugaoalii Mt. and overlooks the Pago Pago Bay area on all sides of its mountaintop location.