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Checks can be sent to the Wood County Historical and Preservation Society, P.O. Box 565, Parkersburg, WV 26102. The old city building was built in 1895. A 1973 study said the building was unsafe ...
PARKERSBURG — The ... to documents posted online by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places and was originally built ...
The historic West Virginia boomtown of Volcano has come back to life – in miniature. Thanks to the efforts of local modeler ...
That the building remains standing is a tribute to those preservationists who resisted demolition efforts and have maintained its structural integrity," said Neymeyer. The Parkersburg Historical ...
A piece of local military history is receiving new life as the memorial in Parkersburg’s City Park undergoes a significant ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The City of Parkersburg is looking for public input on how a historic building in downtown Parkersburg could serve the community. City officials and Downtown PKB hosted ...
PARKERSBURG ... historic preservation grant previously awarded to them. Step two is to restore the Deck Gun donated in the 60s. “Our records indicate that it at one time was on the USS West ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia has sold ... the seven-story building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s been vacant since ...