Captain George Flavel House Museum
Captain George Flavel House | |
Location | 441 8th Street Astoria, Oregon, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 46°11′17″N 123°50′06″W / 46.188056°N 123.835°W |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
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House viewed from steps.
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Garden of the house.
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Interior staircase.
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Parlor fireplace.
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Stained glass window above front door.
See also
[edit]- Captain George Conrad Flavel House, 627 Fifteenth St., Astoria, also NRHP-listed
- George C. and Winona Flavel House, 818 Grand Ave., Astoria, also NRHP-listed
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Naversen, Kenneth (1987). West Coast Victorians: A Nineteenth-Century Legacy. Beautiful America. ISBN 978-0-898-02494-4.
External links
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