Victorian Farmhouse Christmas at the Neely Mansion set for Dec. 6-7

A Victorian Farmhouse Christmas at the Neely Mansion – a benefit for the historic mansion – is Dec. 6 and 7.

November 26, 2014 5:25 pm
Neely Mansion Association's Pat Hallowell and historian and Association of King County Historical Organizations Board of Trustees member Karen Meador on the porch of the Neely Mansion.
Neely Mansion Association's Pat Hallowell and historian and Association of King County Historical Organizations Board of Trustees member Karen Meador on the porch of the Neely Mansion.

Reporter staff

A Victorian Farmhouse Christmas at the Neely Mansion – a benefit for the historic mansion – is Dec. 6 and 7.

Viewings are 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Dec. 6 and noon and 2 p.m. on Dec. 7 at the mansion, a Victorian-style residence built in 1894.

Tour the rooms and enjoy the heirloom displays, gift shop, a buffet of savories and desserts, costumed docents and the Cascade Foothills Choir.

Admission is $18 for adults and $12 for youth 12 and under.

Proceeds support the ongoing restoration and maintenance of the historic mansion. Please register by calling 253-850-2777.

Neely Mansion – at 12303 Auburn-Black Diamond Road, off Highway 18 – is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and the Washington State Heritage Register.

The Neely Mansion Association is a nonprofit historical society restoring the mansion into a historic house museum.