308 N Main Street

Photograph

Island County Historical Society

Name/Title

308 N Main Street

Entry/Object ID

2019.011.141

Description

Libbey House in deep snow. 308 North Main Street, Coupeville, WA. circa 1870. Vernacular Gothic Residence. John Alexander Jr. built this house in 1870 and sold it to Joseph Barstow Libbey in 1871. The kitchen wing on the west facade was added at a later date. The structure originally had gothic-style barge board and finials on the gable ends, and decorative brackets on the porch. Although these decorative elements have been removed, the integrity of the house has not been lost. The house was still owned by the Libby family in 1995. The property is significant under National Register criterion A for it association with early Euroamerican settlement in the Pacific Northwest and the Donation Land Claim Laws, in the period between 1850 and 1870.

Made/Created

Date made

1916

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Libbey

Person or Organization

Libbey, J. B.

Related Entries

Notes

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