The Alaska Governor's Mansion, located at 716 Calhoun Avenue in

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, is the

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of the governor of Alaska, the first spouse of Alaska, and their families. It was designed by

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. The Governor's Mansion was first occupied in 1912 by Territorial Governor

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History

The original budget for the 2½-story frame structure and furnishing was $40,000 and included planned servants quarters and a territorial museum on the third floor which were never built. The first floor includes a reception hall, drawing room, library, dining room, office, kitchen, two pantries, and a conservatory. The second floor contains four large bedrooms, a sewing room and three bathrooms. In 1936 the wood finish of the exterior was plastered over and painted white. Between 1939 and 1940,

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carvers Charlie Tagook and William N. Brown crafted a totem pole that sits outside the mansion on commission from the

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. In 1967-68 two guest suites and one large bedroom were added to the third floor. In 1983 a $2.5 million renovation that restored the interior decor to its original 1912 design also included new heating, electrical, plumbing and security systems. In its current configuration the number of rooms in the mansion, excluding great halls, garages, closets, and bathrooms, is twenty-six. There are ten bathrooms, six bedrooms, and eight

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s, amounting to a total area of .

Notable visitors

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in 1923. *

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in 1969. * Former President Gerald Ford in 1989.

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Office of the Governor of Alaska
* {{Authority control 1912 establishments in Alaska Colonial Revival architecture in Alaska Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alaska Governors' mansions in the United States Historic American Buildings Survey in Alaska Houses completed in 1912

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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Juneau, Alaska Neoclassical architecture in Alaska

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