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Tavenner House

Coordinates: 39°15′19″N 81°33′4″W / 39.25528°N 81.55111°W / 39.25528; -81.55111
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Tavenner House
Tavenner House is located in West Virginia
Tavenner House
Tavenner House is located in the United States
Tavenner House
Location2401 Camden Ave., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°15′19″N 81°33′4″W / 39.25528°N 81.55111°W / 39.25528; -81.55111
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Builtc. 1812
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.82001788[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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+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.[2]

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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Bruce Farrington (June 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tavenner House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.