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    Governor’s Mansion all spruced up for holiday tours

    By Joe Kimball | Published Fri, Nov 21 2008 1:54 pm

    A nice holiday outing might include a visit to the Governor's Mansion on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, which is now decorated for the holidays and will be open for public tours on three Thursday afternoons in December.

    Many governors have lived in the mansion with their families, but Gov. Pawlenty's family spends most nights at their Eagan home. The governor and first lady Mary Pawlenty use the Summit Avenue mansion for many state events.

    Horace Hills Irvine, then president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., built the large Tudor home in 1911. His daughter Olivia Irvine Dodge grew up there and donated it to the state in the 1960s, after her mother died. Dodge is well-known as the patron of the Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul.

    The mansion is at 1006 Summit Ave., and the free public tours with live music will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 4, 11 and 18.

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