Captain George Flavel House Museum, Queen Anne house museum in Astoria, United States
The Captain George Flavel House Museum is a two-story Queen Anne house of cream-colored siding with dark trim, built in 1885 in Astoria. A tall square tower with a dark red conical roof and small cupola rises at the left corner, and a veranda with slender columns, spindlework and a balustrade runs along the tower's ground floor and the front right section. Tall windows sit above the veranda, and a gabled dormer with a pointed window rests on the right roof.
George Flavel, a Columbia River bar pilot, built this Queen Anne house in 1885 after amassing a fortune over thirty years. After his death in 1893, his wife Mary Christina and daughters Nellie and Katie lived here until 1922, 1933 and 1910 respectively. The house and carriage house joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The house shows how wealthy maritime families lived and worked during the late 1800s. The rooms contain furnishings and objects that reveal the daily life of these successful merchants and their households.
Visitors can explore the house through guided tours that reveal the original interior features across multiple rooms. The museum operates seasonally and offers educational programs for school groups and general visitors.
The house appears in The Goonies as the museum where Mikey's father works as a curator, and it served as the Raven's End Mortuary in The Mortuary Collection. Fans of the 1985 film still seek out the building on Astoria's streets.
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