The Bybee-Howell House
Posted on: April 17, 2008
James Bybee built this house in the Classic Revival style that was popular in the early and middle 1800s. He was a colonel and horse breeder from Kentucky who crossed the plains in a covered wagon to settle in Oregon with his wife, Julia. James Bybee was an early pioneer who, like others during the 1800s, made his fortune during the California “gold rush.” He claimed 642 acres on Sauvie Island under the Donation Land Claim Act of 1850.
