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<SiteDetail xmlns="tvmt" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Activities>Education#Exhibit#History#Tour</Activities><AltSiteTypes>Mansion#Museum#Registered Historic Site</AltSiteTypes><Amenities>Tour</Amenities><Bookit i:nil="true"/><CreatedBy>dbo</CreatedBy><DateCreated>2026-04-04T17:00:11</DateCreated><DefImageAuthor/><DefImageDesc/><DefImageFileName>638381488545878499.jpg</DefImageFileName><DefImageType>BMP</DefImageType><Directions>The Original Governor's Mansion is located at 304 N Ewing, on the corner of Ewing and 6th Avenue, three blocks east of Last Chance Gulch, near downtown Helena.The Original Governor's Mansion is located at 304 N Ewing, on the corner of Ewing and 6th Avenue, three blocks east of Last Chance Gulch, near downtown Helena.</Directions><Discounts/><Email>anthony.schrillo@mt.gov</Email><Emailit i:nil="true"/><EventDay i:nil="true"/><EventEndDt i:nil="true"/><EventRecurDesc i:nil="true"/><EventRecurInd i:nil="true"/><EventStartDt i:nil="true"/><HrsOfOp>Summer (June 1 - 15-Sept 15): Tuesday-Saturday - tours at noon, 1pm, 2pm, &amp; 3pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays &amp; Holidays.&#xD;
Winter (Sept 16 - May 31): Tours on Saturday only at noon, 1pm, 2 pm, &amp; 3 pm. Closed Holidays. No admission fee.</HrsOfOp><ImageAuthor>Mtot</ImageAuthor><ImageFileDesc>exterior</ImageFileDesc><ImageFileName>33299h.jpg</ImageFileName><ImageType>BMP</ImageType><Latitude>46.5878241</Latitude><Longitude>-112.0351337</Longitude><MailingCity>Helena</MailingCity><MailingFirm>Original Governor's Mansion</MailingFirm><MailingState>MT</MailingState><MailingStreet>PO Box 201201</MailingStreet><MailingZip>59620</MailingZip><NetDescriptions>This stately Queen Anne style mansion has enjoyed both public and private roles in the history of Montana and its capital city. The history of the mansion is as much a history of the people who resided here as it is of a building.  Montana's Original Governor's Mansion, built in 1888 by Helena entrepreneur William Chessman as a symbol of his wealth and influence throughout the Helena community.&#xD;
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Tour Schedule (No admission fee):&#xD;
 - Summer (June 1 - 15-Sept 15): Tuesday-Saturday - tours at noon, 1pm, 2pm, &amp; 3pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays &amp; Holidays.&#xD;
 - Winter (Sept 16 - May 31): Tours on Saturday only at noon, 1pm, 2 pm, &amp; 3 pm. Closed Holidays.&#xD;
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