A landmark steeped in 19th century history reopens on Whidbey
Visitors will soon be able to venture again inside a historic central Whidbey Island landmark.
The Jacob and Sarah Ebey House in the center of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning the May 28-30 Memorial Day weekend.
During these hours, the Ebey House and adjacent blockhouse will be staffed with volunteer docents to answer questions and provide information about the family and history of the man known as Whidbey Island’s first permanent white settler.
Isaac Neff Ebey and his wife, Rebecca, claimed 640 acres of what is now Ebey’s Prairie through the Donation Land Claim Act in 1850. Unlike the orderly, vertically oriented properties that would be staked by future settlers, Isaac Ebey’s parcel cuts diagonally across the terrain over a section of land devoid of hills or trees.
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