Tavenner House, Parkersburg

Name: Tavenner House
Address: Parkersburg, United States

#21 among attractions in Parkersburg

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Tavenner House is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. The main house was built about 1812, and is a two-story, brick house coated in stucco in the Federal style. It has a gable roof and sits on a foundation of cut stone slabs. The property includes a 1 1/2-story frame dependency with a gable roof and covered in novelty siding. It is the oldest remaining building in the Parkersburg area and is associated with Colonel Thomas Tavenner, a prominent early settler of this area. ()

Built: 1812 (212 years ago)Coordinates: 39°15'17"N, 81°33'3"W

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Tavenner House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
25 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.
0.9 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
23 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.
1.1 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
28 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.
0.9 miNW
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
23 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
1.3 miNW
Bridge
Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg
33 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.
1.3 miNW
Bridge
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg
33 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.
0.8 miN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
21 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.
0.8 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Oakland, Parkersburg
20 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.
1.2 miN
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
30 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.
1.2 miN
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
30 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.
0.9 miNW
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg
25 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 Tavenner House?

Nearby attractions include Oakland, Parkersburg (20 min walk), Carnegie Library, Parkersburg (21 min walk), Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg (21 min walk), Sharon Lodge No. 28 IOOF, Parkersburg (23 min walk).