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 March 2012, the six columns on the front are restored and painted, windows installed and the exterior work ending. The interior rooms are painted and finish work almost done. 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. FGM began returning historic fixtures to the Mansion for installation in early April. The landscape renovation, including extensive work on Colorado Street, will be the final phase. Construction will finish in summer of 2012. No tour schedule has been set; it will be posted when available.