Captain George Flavel House Museum

Historic house in Oregon, United States

United States historic place


Captain George Flavel House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The main house (and museum) in 2011
46°11′17″N 123°50′06″W / 46.188056°N 123.835°W / 46.188056; -123.835
Area	11,600-square-foot (1,080 m²)
Built	1885
Architect	Carl W. Leick
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	80003307^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 28, 1980

The Captain George Flavel House Museum (/flʌvɛl/)^[2] known also as Capt. George Flavel House and Carriage House^[3] or the Flavel Mansion,^[4]^[5] is now a house museum in Astoria, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1885 in the Queen Anne architectural style, by George Flavel, a Columbia River bar pilot who was one of the area's first millionaires.^[6]

History

The house was originally constructed in 1885 by George Flavel, a maritime pilot and entrepreneur who amassed a fortune in his business over the course of thirty years.^[7] The 11,600-square-foot (1,080 m²) house, which spans a whole city block, features Queen Anne architecture.^[7] After Flavel's death in 1893, his wife, Mary Christina, lived in the house with the couple's daughters, Nellie and Katie, until her death in 1922.^[8] Both Katie and Nelly also lived in the home until their deaths in 1910 and 1933, respectively.^[9]

The house and its carriage house were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1] The house is owned and operated by the Clatsop County Historical Society.

In popular culture

The museum is well known to fans of the film The Goonies, which was filmed in Astoria. It is featured as the museum where Mikey's father works as a curator.^[10]

Gallery

House viewed from steps.
Garden of the house.
Interior staircase.
Parlor fireplace.
Stained glass window above front door.

Notes and references

Notes

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Palermo, Spence, and Quinn, Donna (directors) (2009). Astoria: An Adventure in History (Documentary). youtube.com. Clatsop County Historical Society. Event occurs at 8:54.
^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ Genna, Chris (December 2, 1985). "Historic home tour in Astoria keys holidays". The Oregonian. p. B4.
^ Mershon, Helen L. (November 29, 1982). "Historic houses offer glimpse of Christmas past". The Oregonian. p. C1.
^ Captain George Flavel House Museum Archived September 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Marschner 2013, p. 81.
^ Lockley 1928, p. 550.
^ Perez 2016, p. 104.
^ Movie Location Guide Archived 2007-04-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed May 1, 2007

References

Lockley, Fred (1928). History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea. Vol. III. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company.
Marschner, Janice (2013). Oregon 1859: A Snapshot in Time. Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-604-69508-3.
Perez, Andrea Larson (2016). Astoria. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-467-11647-3.