| Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park | |
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 Reconstructed Blennerhassett Mansion, 2008 | |
  Location of Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park in West Virginia | |
| Location | Wood, West Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°16′19″N 81°37′29″W / 39.27194°N 81.62472°W |
| Area | 511 acres (207 ha)[1] |
| Elevation | 575 ft (175 m) |
| Website | wvstateparks |
Blennerhassett Island Historic District | |
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| Nearest city | Parkersburg, West Virginia |
| Area | 508.6 acres (205.8 ha) |
| Built | 1799 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001294[2] |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 1972 |
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood County, West Virginia, USA. The property was the site of a Palladian mansion owned by Harman Blennerhassett, a participant in some of the alleged intrigues of Aaron Burr, and his wife Margaret Agnew.[3] While the original mansion burned to the ground in 1811, a detailed replica, which can be toured, was built on its foundations in the 1980s. The Blennerhasset mansion greatly resembled George Washington's Mount Vernon, due to its Palladian style.[4][5]
The park is accessed via sternwheeler riverboat from Point Park on 2nd Street in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The riverboat ride takes about 20 minutes each way.
- ^ West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid, accessed March 29, 2008 Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gibbens, Alvaro F., Historic Blennerhassett Island Home, Global Printing and Binding Co., Parkersburg, WV 1914.
- ^ "Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park".
- ^ Marlene Hershman (May 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Blennerhassett Island Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.