Avery Street Historic District, Parkersburg

Name: Avery Street Historic District
Address: Parkersburg, United States

#29 among attractions in Parkersburg

Neighbourhood, Colonial revival architecture

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Avery Street Historic District, is a national historic district located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It is to the east of the Julia-Ann Square Historic District and south of the Parkersburg High School-Washington Avenue Historic District. Primarily residential, it encompasses 109 acres and includes churches, a school, and a small commercial area. Built as Parkersburg's first "suburb" in the late-19th and early-20th century in popular architectural style such as Colonial Revival and Queen Anne, the district exhibits 12 distinctive types of Historic architecture. There are 358 contributing buildings, 59 of which are considered to be pivotal. U.S. Senator Johnson N. Camden owned most of the land now included in the district. Located in the district are the separately listed Parkersburg Women's Club and the First Presbyterian Church/Calvary Temple Evangelical Church. ()

Coordinates: 39°16'15"N, 81°33'18"W

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Avery Street 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.

0.4 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Smoot Theatre, Parkersburg
11 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.
0.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
11 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.
0.4 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
10 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.
0.6 miSW
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
17 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.5 miW
Bridge
Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg
13 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.
0.9 miNW
Bridge
Memorial Bridge, Parkersburg
24 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.
0.5 miW
Bridge
Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge, Parkersburg
13 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.
~1690 ftS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
9 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 miSE
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.
~250 ftNW
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
2 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.
~950 ftE
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
5 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.

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Which popular attractions are close to Avery Street Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg (2 min walk), First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg (5 min walk), House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg (5 min walk), First Baptist Church, Parkersburg (6 min walk).