Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge

Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge is a bridge in Wood County, West Virginia. Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge is situated nearby to the theater building Smoot Theater, as well as near Wood County Courthouse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Francis Xavier Church and Wood County Courthouse.

St. Francis Xavier Church

Church

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St. Francis Xavier Church is a historic church at 532 Market Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia. This church was built in 1869 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. St. Francis Xavier Church is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge.

Wood County Courthouse

Courthouse

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The Wood County Courthouse is a public building in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, in the United States. The courthouse was built in 1899 at a cost of $100,000 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by local contractors Caldwell & Drake, according to the plans of architect L. Wood County Courthouse is situated 2,200 feet south of Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge.

Smoot Theater

Theater building

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The Smoot Theatre is a historic vaudeville house and movie theater located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1926, and is a brick and terra cotta building with a simple Classical style front. Smoot Theater is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Parkersburg-Belpre Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkersburg and Julia-Ann Square Historic District.

Parkersburg

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Parkersburg is a city of 30,000 people in West Virginia. It was known as "Newport" when it was founded, later to be renamed Parkersburg in 1810. The city sits where the Little Kanawha River meets the Ohio river; the town of Belpre lies just across the river in Ohio.