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Parkersburg Women's Club

Coordinates: 39°16′2″N 81°33′20″W / 39.26722°N 81.55556°W / 39.26722; -81.55556
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Parkersburg Women's Club
Front and northern side
Parkersburg Women's Club is located in West Virginia
Parkersburg Women's Club
Parkersburg Women's Club is located in the United States
Parkersburg Women's Club
Location323 9th St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°16′2″N 81°33′20″W / 39.26722°N 81.55556°W / 39.26722; -81.55556
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1860
Architectural styleItalian Villa
Part ofAvery Street Historic District (ID86000849)
MPSDowntown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.82001782[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 8, 1982

Parkersburg Women's Club is a historic clubhouse located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built between about 1860 and 1879, as a private home in the Italian Villa style. It is a two-story, frame building with a very low-pitched hipped roof. It features a one-story wraparound porch. It has housed the Parkersburg Women's Club since 1921.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,[1] and it is a contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, which was designated and listed on the National Register in 1986.[3]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Eliza Smith, Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Parkersburg Women's Club" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  3. ^ Michael J. Pauley (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Avery Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. p. 35. Retrieved 2012-11-04.