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Tavenner House

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Built
  
c. 1812

Area
  
3,200 m²

Added to NRHP
  
10 November 1982

NRHP Reference #
  
82001788

Architectural style
  
Federal architecture

Tavenner House

Location
  
2401 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia

Similar
  
Blennerhassett Hotel, Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg–Belpre Bridge

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Tavenner House Wikipedia