Welcome to the official web site of Friends of the Governor’s Mansion. This non-profit corporation was organized in 1979 to support and enhance the Texas Governor’s Mansion. The restoration of the Mansion from the extensive damage of the June 2008 fire is progressing quickly now. As of December 2011, the six columns on the front are restored and painted, and the exterior work is almost complete. The interior rooms are in process, with much of the finish work happening now. The damaged floors in the 1856 rooms will be replaced with old, random width pine similar to that in other houses of the period with their original floors. The landscape renovation, including extensive work on Colorado Street, will be the final phase. The project will finish in June of 2012.