The Convington House in Vancouver, Washington, was built by Richard and Anna Covington of London who had come to Fort Vancouver to teach children of the Hudson's Bay employees.
In 1848 the Covingtons entered a "donation claim" of 640 acres in the Fourth Plain area where they built this log cabin and established a boarding school run by Anne while Richard ran the farm. The Covington's log cabin was known as a center of hospitality and musical entertainment in early Vancouver. They brought the first piano to the Pacific Northwest from England and taught music to many of the area's children.
From the description of The Covingtons and the Covington House [manuscript], 1952 April 29. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 670597300
