1861, April 12 First guns are fired in Civil War at Union installation at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, over question of southern states' right to secede from the Union.

WEST VIRGINIA - Wood County - Historic Districts

Avery Street Historic District (added 1986 - Wood County - #86000849) Roughly bounded by Nineteenth, Spring and Quincy, Eighth, and Market Sts., Parkersburg (1090 acres, 358 buildings, 1 object) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Multiple Architectural Style: Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods), Queen Anne, Colonial Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History, Commerce Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling Blennerhassett Island Historic District *** (added 1972 - Wood County - #72001294) On the Ohio River, 1.7 mi. S of Parkersburg, Parkersburg (5086 acres) Historic Significance: Event, Information Potential Area of Significance: Prehistoric, Conservation, Politics/Government, Historic - Aboriginal Cultural Affiliation: Woodland Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824 Owner: Private Historic Function: Landscape Historic Sub-function: Underwater Current Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape Current Sub-function: Extractive Facility, Underwater Henderson Hall Historic District ** (added 1986 - Wood County - #86000811) CR 21/2 off WV 14, Williamstown (650 acres, 10 buildings, 4 structures, 1 object) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person, Information Potential Architect, builder, or engineer: Slocomb,J.M. Architectural Style: Italianate Historic Person: Henderson,George Washington,et al. Significant Year: 1900, 1859, 1836 Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History, Prehistoric, Agriculture, Literature, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government Cultural Affiliation: Adena Culture Period of Significance: 500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Owner: Private Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Fields, Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture Current Sub-function: Cemetery, Monument/Marker, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Julia--Ann Square Historic District ** (added 1977 - Wood County - #77001380) Both sides of Juliana and Ann Sts. from cemetery to 9th St., Parkersburg (350 acres, 116 buildings) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Multiple Architectural Style: Late Victorian, Colonial Revival Area of Significance: Social History, Architecture Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924 Owner: Private Historic Function: Domestic, Funerary Historic Sub-function: Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Funerary Current Sub-function: Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling Parkersburg High School--Washington Avenue Historic District (added 1992 - Wood County - #92000895) Washington Ave. from Park Ave. to Dudley Ave., including 2101 Dudley, Parkersburg (640 acres, 151 buildings, 1 structure) Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Architect, builder, or engineer: Packard,Frank L., Et al. Architectural Style: Tudor Revival, Late Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry, Education Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949 Owner: Private , Local Gov't Historic Function: Domestic, Education Historic Sub-function: School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling Current Function: Domestic, Education Current Sub-function: School, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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