Parkersburg ยท Mid-Ohio Valley: Parkersburg
The Blennerhassett
Col. William Nelson Chancellor's 1889 hotel, which the hotel says opened with electric lighting and an electric passenger elevator; 82 rooms today.
- Built
- 1889Hotel history: ground broken 1883, first guests May 6, 1889. NRHP lists the building at 316 Market St.
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 82
- Area
- Mid-Ohio Valley: Parkersburg
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Colonel William Nelson Chancellor, twice mayor of Parkersburg and president of the First National Bank, built the hotel during the oil and gas boom; it opened on May 6, 1889 with gas and electric lighting and an electric passenger elevator, and the bank operated inside it into the 1910s. By the late 1970s it had become apartments, and a May 9, 1979 fire was stopped below the fourth floor. Local citizens and Pennsylvania investors revived it from 1980, with renovations in 1985-86 and 2002-06 that reduced about 104 rooms to 82.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Elevator
- Pets welcome
- Address: 320 Market St, Parkersburg, WV 26101
Sources (2)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.