W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building Explained

W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building
Location:119 3rd St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.2661°N -81.5639°W
Built:1899
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:May 2, 2003
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:03000349

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 60by, with an 18feet12feet outcrop. It housed the W. H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

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  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building. January 2003. 2011-09-15 . Alan Rowe and James Miracle. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.