Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History

Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History is a museum in Wood County, West Virginia. Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History is situated nearby to the government office Bureau of the Fiscal Service, as well as near Albert Woofter Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wood County Courthouse and Blennerhassett Hotel.

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 630 feet east of Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History.

Blennerhassett Hotel

Hotel

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Blennerhassett Hotel is a historic hotel located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It opened in 1889 and is in the Queen Anne style. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Blennerhassett Hotel is situated 1,000 feet east of Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History.

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 1,600 feet east of Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkersburg and Newport.

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.