W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building, Parkersburg

Name: W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building
Address: Parkersburg, United States

#23 among attractions in Parkersburg

Museum, Romanesque architecture, History museum

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W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building, also known as the Oil and Gas Museum of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with Romanesque Revival architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 feet by 120 feet, with an 18 feet by 12 feet outcrop. It housed the W.H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum. ()

Built: 1899 (125 years ago)Coordinates: 39°15'58"N, 81°33'50"W

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Parkersburg United States

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W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Smoot Theatre, St. Francis Xavier Church, Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Smith Building.

~920 ftE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
5 min walk • 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. It features a Greek key cornice and a second story inset with four fluted columns in antis.
~1220 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
6 min walk • 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 is one of the four original churches of the Diocese of Wheeling. St. Xavier is also the oldest church building in Parkersburg.
~1050 ftNE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
6 min walk • Henry Logan Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at Ann & 6th Streets in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
~920 ftSE
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
5 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
~1380 ftN
Bridge
Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg
7 min walk • The Parkersburg Bridge crosses the Ohio River between Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio. Designed by Jacob Linville, the bridge has 46 spans: 25 deck plate girder, 14 deck truss, 6 through truss, and 1 through plate girder. 50,000 cubic yards of stone were used for the 53 piers.
~1430 ftN
Bridge
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg
7 min walk • The Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge is a four-lane cantilever bridge that connects Parkersburg, West Virginia to Belpre, Ohio across the Ohio River. The bridge was completed in 1980. The bridge had been signed U.S.
0.5 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
13 min walk • Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church was a historic African Methodist Episcopal church located at 820 Clay Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
1.1 miE
Greek Revival architecture
Oakland, Parkersburg
29 min walk • "Oakland," also known as the James M. Stephenson House, is a home located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Although a slaveholder and sympathizing with the Confederacy, Stephenson was also married to the sister of Unionist Arthur Boreman, and allowed then Union Army Col.
0.6 miNE
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
15 min walk • The Julia-Ann Square Historic District, is a national historic district located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It is to the west of the Avery Street Historic District.
0.8 miNE
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
20 min walk • House at 10th and Avery Streets is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built between about 1860 and 1879, and is a two-story, frame house in the Eastlake / Carpenter Gothic style.
~570 ftSE
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg
3 min walk • 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building?

Nearby attractions include George Neale Jr. House, Parkersburg (2 min walk), Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg (3 min walk), Trinity Episcopal Church Rectory, Parkersburg (4 min walk), Smith Building, Parkersburg (5 min walk).