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Group Opposes Addition To Texas Governor’s Mansion
A group that made the first $10,000 private donation to the fund to rebuild the Texas Governor’s Mansion opposes plans for an addition to the historic structure.
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Texas Governor's Mansion before the 2008 fire.
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AUSTIN (November 20, 2009)—The Heritage Society of Austin, which made the first $10,000 private donation to rebuild the fire-gutted Texas Governor's Mansion, is opposed to a plan to change the look of the historic structure.
The Heritage Society says it will not support plans, unveiled in October, for a two-story addition to the 153-year-old building.
The Texas Historical Commission is in charge of issuing a permit for the expansion.
A fire that was set deliberately gutted the mansion in June 2008.
So far no one has been prosecuted.
Society president Mandy Dealey says altering the exterior would threaten the architectural and historical integrity of the National Historic Landmark.
The proposed 2,000-square-foot addition would include an expanded family living area.
Gov. Rick Perry and his wife, Anita, are living in a rental house, as work on the mansion continues.
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Most of the repairs was money from the stimulus.
To Anon:Waco, 'NO' it cost too much! And I'm 'totally against' any addition(for Guv. Perry or anyone else!! A waste of money!!
Didn't this mansion have insurance?
