Oakland, Parkersburg

Name: Oakland
Address: Parkersburg, United States

#10 among attractions in Parkersburg

Top attraction, Greek Revival architecture

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"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. James B. Steedman to use his grove nearby during the American Civil War. However, Union cavalry units occupied this his mansion for a time nonetheless, and damaged furnishings as well as the home and garden. ()

Built: 1840 (184 years ago)Coordinates: 39°15'52"N, 81°32'36"W

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Oakland – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

0.9 miW
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 miW
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 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Henry Logan Memorial AME Church, Parkersburg
26 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 miW
City hall
Smith Building, Parkersburg
27 min walk • Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia.
0.6 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg
17 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 miNW
Neighbourhood
Julia-Ann Square Historic District, Parkersburg
21 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 miNW
Park
House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg
18 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 miW
Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture
Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg
27 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.
0.8 miW
Church
First Baptist Church, Parkersburg
20 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.
0.7 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg
18 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.
0.7 miNE
Monuments and statues
Jackson Memorial Fountain, Parkersburg
18 min walk • Jackson Memorial Fountain is a historic fountain located at the entrance to City Park at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1905 and is a cast iron structure that originally had three tiers. The second tier is topped by Parkersburg's Lady of the Lake statue.

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Which popular attractions are close to Oakland?

Nearby attractions include Bethel AME Church, Parkersburg (17 min walk), First Presbyterian Church, Parkersburg (18 min walk), House at 10th and Avery Streets, Parkersburg (18 min walk), Carnegie Library, Parkersburg (18 min walk).