Tavenner House

2401 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia. County/parish: Wood.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 10, 1982. NRIS 82001788.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Tavenner House

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+12-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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86536281

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