National Register of Historic Places

Flavel, Capt. George, House and Carriage House

Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
Listed
November 28, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80003307

About this property

The Captain George Flavel House Museum () known also as Capt. George Flavel House and Carriage House or the Flavel Mansion, is now a house museum in Astoria, Oregon. 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. 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. The 11,600-square-foot (1,080 m2) house, which spans a whole city block, features Queen Anne architecture. 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. Both Katie and Nellie also lived in the home until their deaths in 1910 and 1933, respectively. In addition to the house itself, the yard of the Flavel house contains a mature giant sequoia tree planted by George Flavel himself. The tree is over 130 years old and towers over the surrounding houses. Additional yard plants seeded by Flavel include a ginkgo, a few cork elms, a pear, a bay laurel and a drooping camperdown elm. The house and its carriage house were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The house is owned and operated by the Clatsop County Historical Society. 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. The museum also appeared as the location for the Raven's End Mortuary in The Mortuary Collection. 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 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. Naversen, Kenneth (1987). West Coast Victorians: A Nineteenth-Century Legacy. Beautiful America. ISBN 978-0-898-02494-4. Clatsop County Historical Society: Flavel House Museum

Location

441 8th St.
Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
46.19102, -123.83528

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When was Flavel, Capt. George, House and Carriage House listed on the National Register?

Flavel, Capt. George, House and Carriage House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980.

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Flavel, Capt. George, House and Carriage House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Flavel, Capt. George, House and Carriage House is recorded as the industrial era.

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