The News & Sentinel

The News & Sentinel is a building in Wood County, West Virginia. The News & Sentinel is situated nearby to the theater building Smoot Theater, as well as near the government office MOV Health Department.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Smoot Theater and St. Francis Xavier Church.

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 360 feet south of The News & Sentinel.

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 640 feet southeast of The News & Sentinel.

Trinity Episcopal Church

Church

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Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Records indicate that Episcopal services were conducted as early as 1815 by itinerant clergymen, but there was not a building so services were conducted in the county court. Trinity Episcopal Church is situated 480 feet southwest of The News & Sentinel.

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.