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Historic house in Washington, United States

The Neely Mansion, is a Victorian style residence built in 1894. It is located near the eastern edge of Auburn, in unincorporated King County, Washington in the census designated location Lake Morton Berrydale, Washington. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the Washington State Heritage Register. From the 1950s to the 1970s the building deteriorated severely, until local citizens moved to save and restore the building. During the initial restoration period, the mansion was used for a haunted house staffed by the drama department of Auburn High School (the only high school in Auburn at the time). That usage ceased when significant progress was made in restoring the mansion to its original condition. The mansion is now owned by a volunteer historical society.

The Mansion is two story clapboard with a square plan. The front doorway is centered between two windows with three windows on the other three sides. All have an entablature and decorated surrounds. Sawn scrollwork is placed below each lintel. A decorative corbel table separates the first and second floors. There are side porches on the ground level that run the length of the house. The front porch has a second floor balcony covered by a gable. The interior of the boxed, pedimented gable cornice is filled with diamond pattern shingles with a central round window. Many gala parties were held for friends and neighbors who would spend the night in the house during shopping excursions to Auburn. On those occasions, all of the doors on the lower floor would be opened and the dancing partners would swirl from room to room to the music provided by the local fiddlers. Until the mid 1970s, the Neely family owned the property. The Neely Mansion Association, an all volunteer organization, bought the building in 1984 and began restoring the home.

The Neely Mansion is significant piece of house architecture in that it demonstrates the effect of readily available manufactured wooden decorative components on a very basic plan. It is significant also as an indicator of growing affluence in family areas close to Seattle and as an important social center for the Green River Valley.