 The mansion was completed in 1914 . Because McCreary was widowed before his second term in office , his granddaughter , Harriet Newberry McCreary , served as the mansion 's first hostess during her summer vacations from her studies at Wellesley College . When Harriet McCreary was away at college , McCreary 's housekeeper , Jennie Shaw , served as hostess . McCreary authorized the state to sell the old mansion at auction , but the final bid of $ 13 @,@ 600 was rejected as unfair by the mansion commission . 
