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Covington House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

From the record

“The Covington House historic cabin in Vancouver, Washington, was built by Richard and Charlotte "Anna" Covington born, raised and married in London, England who travelled by ship around Cape Horn, stopping at the Sandwich Islands and finally arriving at Fort Vancouver in the Oregon Territory, where they had been hired to teach children of the Hudson's Bay Company employees. The first three "plains" of the area were held by Hudson Bay Fur Trade Co. whereas the fourth "plain" was opened up for public sale as property north of the Columbia River became part of the United States, the government gave newly acquired land to early pioneers, willing to settle and farm the land.”

Wikipedia article Covington House (Vancouver, Washington), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 45 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1972 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4208 Main St., Vancouver, 98663
  • When was it listed? May 1972
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Vancouver
  • National Register reference number. 72001268 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

39 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Covington House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks5
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined166 acresPacific Cascade Region-DNRFRUIT VALLEY
12 September 2001Other causes1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 5
1 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO 4
7 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMEMORIAL HWY
3 August 2020Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersSHILLAPOO AUG 3RD
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
27 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHIGHWAY 501

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Covington House: 13 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Vancouver Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Bokemier Iron DepositIronProspect
Howland Acres ProspectIronOccurrenceLimonite
Hidden Brick CoClayPast Producer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
Pacific Stoneware CoClayPast Producer
WildeClayPast Producer
Jantzen BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jantzen BeachSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lower River Road Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this property

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vancouver, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 5 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001Thunderstorm WindVancouver5 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 1997Tornado (F0)Vancouver$10,000A weak tornado briefly touched down in the Walnut Grove area of Vancouver, near I-205 and 4th Plain. A car was damaged, the roofing of a house was damaged, and a small shed was blown over.
August 2024Funnel CloudVancouver-A short-lived funnel cloud was observed close to the Columbia River in Vancouver, WA by multiple people in Vancouver, Washington and from across the river in Portland Oregon.
May 2018FloodVancouver-The Columbia River at Vancouver crested several times above flood stage May 17 through May 19th, with the highest crest at 16.14 feet around 8:15 AM on May 17th. This is 0.14 foot above flood stage. No damage was reported.
March 2017FloodVancouver-Recent heavy rains and snowmelt from the Cascades and eastern Washington led to rising river levels on the Columbia River. The river crested at 17.59 ft on March 30th, which is 1.59 feet above flood stage. The river remained above flood stage until April 3rd.
April 2017FloodVancouver-To start off April, the Columbia River gauge at Vancouver was up around 17.22 ft, which is 1.22 ft above flood stage. On April 3rd, the river finally dropped below flood stage.
June 2013Funnel CloudVancouver-A funnel cloud was observed about 2 miles WNW of the Portland International airport. The observer estimated that it extended 200 to 300 feet below the cloud base. The funnel cloud lasted approximately 5 minutes.
August 2005Heavy RainVancouver-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Washington School for the Blind1.3 miles1993
Slocum House1.3 miles1973
Vancouver Public Library1.4 miles1982
Hidden Houses1.5 miles1978
Luepke Florist1.5 miles2016
US Post Office-Vancouver Main1.6 miles1991

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 72001268 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clark CountyAll 45 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.