Neely Mansion — Attraction in Washington

Its a beautiful placeto see.My name is Marla Lewis and I'm related on both sides of my family. My maternal & paternal. My. mom,brother & son helped restore the inside to the original way it was . Howard Neely is my uncle &my maternal grandmother's 22nd or third cousin. My dad's sister married Howard. So my family tree goes into an H shape. So if you know geneaolgy it's kind of funny. If I had a different mother the same father I'd still be related to the mother I really do have. Whenever there's family gathering I'm always asked about it. The banister is done exactly to the original one. There's also,where grandmother was born in Kent. I'm also related to George Carmack who started the Alaskan gold rush& mined 2 & a half million $ in gold. Its a really nice...

We requested a weekday tour since we were visiting from out of state and wanted a few experiences to give us more local history and flavor. Three ladies obliged us with an excellent tour. All three were eager to share their knowledge of and passion for the history of this unique house. We only had a little more than an hour to spend, but we could have easily spent twice that, as all three ladies were happy to answer questions and share stories and there were yard games to entertain the kids.

Just a note, allow plenty of lead time to schedule a tour if you're not able to visit on the weekend (their normal hours of operation), since this is a volunteer-run facility and the old-fashioned answering machine and email account don't get...

I live half a mile from the mansion. It's a smaller one but nice architecture. It has a community garden which is cool, I show my kids how food is grown. The building is nicely kept and grounds around it are also well cared for. It's really a nice neighborhood local attraction for us, visited almost daily. It's awesome in the summer. It's located right next to the green river and the trail, so it's loved by locals. The only thing is that I never saw the building being opened for visitors, so we have to peek through...