The Historic Covington House

The Historic Covington House The Historic Covington House, located in Vancouver, Washington. The new location is distinctive as it is located on the old Pacific Highway.

The Historic Covington House was originally owned by Richard and Charlotte “Anne” Covington, schoolteachers who had come to the Pacific Northwest to operate a boarding school for the children of the Hudson Bay Trading Company. In 1930, the original cabin was moved from its location in Orchards to its current location on Main Street. To move the house, all individually adze hewn logs of the cabin w

ere numbered and catalogued, disassembled, and relocated at its present site, 4201 Main Street, where it stands today. Several modifications were added during this major relocation and restoration project, including electricity, heat, lights, water and plumbing, wooden flooring, a new unique fireplace boasting large local river stones and single piece of local timber for the new fireplace and mantle, new windows, a kitchen, two restrooms and a fully restored roof with wooden rain gutters. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 1974, and on the Clark County Historical Register in 1985.

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4201 Main Street
Vancouver, WA
98663

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+13606022088

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