West Virginia - Wood County - Historic Districts
Wood County West Virginia (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Blennerhassett Island Historic District, Henderson Hall Historic District and Julia--Ann Square Historic District, Avery Street Historic District and Parkersburg High School--Washington Avenue Historic District.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Woodland and Adena Culture dating back to 999 BC.

The famous person George Washington Henderson is associated with one of more of the Wood County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Wood County places including J.M. Slocomb and Frank L. Packard. Prominent architectural styles found in Wood Country are Colonial Revival, Italianate and Late Gothic Revival.

Avery Street Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000849)
Roughly bounded by Nineteenth, Spring and Quincy, Eighth, and Market Sts. , Parkersburg
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Blennerhassett Island Historic District (added 1972 - - #72001294)
On the Ohio River, 1.7 mi. S of Parkersburg , Parkersburg
Janneman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Conservation, Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Woodland
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Underwater
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Underwater
Henderson Hall Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000811)
CR 21/2 off WV 14 , Williamstown
Chrispainter1966, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Slocomb,J.M.
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Historic Person:
Henderson,George Washington,et al.
Significant Year:
1900, 1859, 1836
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Literature, Politics/Government, Prehistoric, Agriculture, Social History, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Adena Culture
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Julia--Ann Square Historic District (added 1977 - - #77001380)
Both sides of Juliana and Ann Sts. from cemetery to 9th St. , Parkersburg
TheCatalyst31, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling
Parkersburg High School--Washington Avenue Historic District (added 1992 - - #92000895)
Washington Ave. from Park Ave. to Dudley Ave., including 2101 Dudley , Parkersburg
BotMultichillT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Packard,Frank L.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Education
Current Sub-function:
School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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