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Newport is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.

Fort Boreman is a historic archaeological site encompassing a Civil War fortification located near Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1863, by Company A of the 11th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It is a series of paired, approximately four foot deep trenches encircling the top of the hill in a zigzag pattern. It was originally built to ensure that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad link between Wheeling and Parkersburg was not severed or commandeered by the Confederate army. The fort was named after Arthur I. Boreman, West Virginia's first Governor.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Smith Building was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a three-story, 18 bay, brick building. It featured corbeled hanging buttresses at the corners and curved brickwork. It once housed a bowling alley, but storefronts later occupied the first floor. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Wood County Courthouse is a public building in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, in the United States. The courthouse was built in 1899 at a cost of $100,000 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by local contractors Caldwell & Drake, according to the plans of architect L. W. Thomas of Canton, Ohio. The current courthouse is the fifth to be built in the county replacing one built in 1860. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its architectural significance. During his 1912 presidential campaign Theodore Roosevelt stopped in Parkersburg and spoke from the Market street entrance of the courthouse. On 2 July 2020 a new steeple was added to the bell tower replacing one that had been removed in 1952. With the new steeple the courthouse is now the tallest in the state at 164 ft.

Blennerhassett Hotel is a historic hotel located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It opened in 1889 and is in the Queen Anne style. The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. A full restoration took place in 1986. (The hotel website states that the property is "registered as a national historic landmark". This is undoubtedly a mistake for it being placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Only about three percent of Register listings are NHLs.) In the late 1800s, money from the oil and natural gas industries flooded into Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the town quickly became a vivacious city that welcomed businessmen and visitors from all over the country. Designed and built by William Chancellor, a prominent Parkersburg businessman, Blennerhassett opened in 1889 and quickly became a grand showplace for what would later be known as the Gaslight Era. The original hotel had approximately 50 guest rooms around a central staircase. Restrooms were common places on each of the four guest floors and the kitchen was located on the fifth floor. What is now the hotel's game room originally housed the First National Bank of Parkersburg and had the luxury of electricity. The property was named after Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett, who settled on an island in the Ohio River in 1798 and built a Palladian mansion on their European-style estate (the island now called Blennerhassett Island). Their property was the envy of all locals, but they didn't rise to national fame until they allowed former Vice President Aaron Burr to use the island as the base of operations for his controversial military exhibition. Labeled as a conspiracy by some, the Blennerhassetts fled down the Ohio River to escape when militia invaded the island.

Citizens National Bank was a historic bank building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1898, and was a five-story, nine bay by three bay, masonry building in the Classical style. It featured a combination of arches, applied pressed metal ornamentation, and during its latter years, in the shadows of missing hollow metal, broken pediments.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The historic structure was demolished on June 23, 2018.

Sharon Lodge No. 28 IOOF is a historic Independent Order of Odd Fellows clubhouse located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was designed and built in 1897, by noted West Virginia architect H. Rus Warne (1872-1954). It is a five-story, masonry building in an eclectic Romanesque Revival style. It features a deep Chateauesque hip roof, fronted by two stepped gable parapets.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Mather Building, also known as Franklin & DeHaven Jewelers, was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1898, and was a three- to four-story, red brick and sandstone building in the Classical style. The interior featured a fine tin ceiling and a built-in vault.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and demolished on June 23, 2018.

W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building, also known as the Oil and Gas Museum of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with Romanesque Revival architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 by 120 feet (18 by 37 m), with an 18-by-12-foot (5.5 by 3.7 m) outcrop. It housed the W. H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

George Neale Jr. House, also known as the Pence Building, is a historic home located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Built in 1840, it is a two-story structure with a stone foundation and walls of handmade orange-red brick in the Greek Revival style. The house was converted into law and real estate offices in the 1880s. Additions to the original building were built in 1958 and 1973.George Neale, Jr., had previously had a house built on nearby Blennerhassett Island in 1833. That building, which was also constructed with handmade bricks, is today a ruin.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Lauckport is an unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. The community most likely derives its name from the local Lauck family.

Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. Records indicate that Episcopal services were conducted as early as 1815 by itinerant clergymen, but there was not a building so services were conducted in the county court. In 1843, the Rt. Rev. Wm. Meade, Bishop of Virginia, sent the Rev. Tho. Smith to be the vicar of a small congregation. The church property was given by John Snodgrass, a member of congress from this district. The first church's building began in 1846, and Rev. Smith died at age 48, before its completion. He was buried, by his request, under the front steps. He felt he was "a poor sinner and wanted to be trampled under the feet of all who entered." The first church was completed in 1850, with the rectory built in 1863, and occupied until 1919, when it was turned into office buildings and Sunday school rooms. The old church was torn down in 1878, and the present building completed and consecrated in 1879. The church's foundation stones come from Quincy Hill quarry. In 1913, the church was flooded and pews were taken up and stored higher, but the organ, furnaces and floor was destroyed. Another flood occurred in 1937, however, this one was not as severe, yet the pews were replaced. Trinity Hall was built in 1881, financed by children via plays and bake sales, with the cost totaling $750. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.Trinity Episcopal Church is locally renowned for the annual used book sale held each fall by its ECW (Episcopal Church Women). They are also well known for their Monday feeding ministry where they feed between 120 and 170 meals each Monday between 11:00 AM and noon.