Tavenner House

Tavenner House
Location: 2401 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Area: 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built: c. 1812
Architectural style: Federal
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 82001788[1]
Added to NRHP: November 10, 1982

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Bruce Farrington (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tavenner House". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/wood/82001788.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-15. 
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