Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District, Parkersburg

Name: Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District
Address: Parkersburg, United States

#40 among attractions in Parkersburg

Neighbourhood, Tudor Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture, Colonial revival architecture

Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District

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Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District, is a national historic district located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. The Parkersburg High School was built in 1917 north of the Avery Street Historic District in the Jacobethan Revival style. It was designed by Ohio architect Frank Packard. ()

Coordinates: 39°16'34"N, 81°32'23"W

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Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.3 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
34 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.
1.3 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
33 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.
1.3 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
33 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.
1.5 miSW
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
38 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
1.3 miW
Bridge
Memorial Bridge, Parkersburg
33 min walk • The Memorial Bridge, locally known as the toll bridge, crosses the Ohio River connecting Belpre, Ohio and Parkersburg, West Virginia. The bridge is an alternate route to access U.S. Route 50 in Ohio from central Parkersburg.
1.1 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
28 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 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Oakland, Parkersburg
22 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.
0.9 miW
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
24 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.
0.7 miSW
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
19 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.
1.1 miSW
Church
First Baptist Church, Parkersburg
28 min walk • First Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 813 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, three by six-bay, brick church in the Italianate style, which was popular at the time.
1 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg
25 min walk • First Presbyterian Church, also known as the Calvary Temple Evangelical Church, is a historic church at 946 Market Street in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a two-story, brick and stone church building in a combined Romanesque / Gothic Revival style. It features a corner bell tower.

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Which popular attractions are close to Parkersburg High School–Washington Avenue Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Henry Cooper House, Parkersburg (16 min walk), Jackson Memorial Fountain, Parkersburg (16 min walk), House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg (19 min walk), Oakland, Parkersburg (22 min walk).