Comments about ‘Governor's Mansion a stately symbol of style and power’

What a nice building. It looks like the fire destroyed a lot of its historical beauty. What a shame.

We wouldn't want our leaders, who are there to serve us, to have live like us in just a normal home somewhere now would we?
and we wonder why people so often get caught up with personal power and greed.

Have you ever been in the Mansion? beautiful building but sill old- hardly the lap of glamor. Look around the country- every state has a Governors home and one of the reasons is to help with security control. Tell you what if you want to get rid of it run for the office yourself then get rid of the building. Always a nattering nabob somewhere

Didn't the state try that once with the ranch house that Matheson wouldn't live in.

Since the restoration of the Governor’s Mansion from the fire, no beauty was lost. They made that an emphasis in the remodeling process.

The Leavitts did not live in the mansion after the fire and restoration. They preferred living in their old neighborhood in an average middle class home.

RE: ME, Thanks for letting us all know who the governor was when the Mansion caught fire. There is no way Leavitts could have lived there after the fire, judging by the pictures here on DN.

I am grateful that Utah has a mansion of just such beauty, historical value and dignity on South Temple to represent our state.We have people from all over the world come there as well as giving ample opportunity for school children and adults to enjoy it. I am still grateful that Scott Matheson had the wisdom and appreciation to have it restored.

Have you seen the Fairfax Ave mansion? It's HUGE! Lawns and gating too. I'm not sure it would be too small for any normal family. Since it's not the governors mansion anymore---just what is housed at the Fairfax mansion?