According to WCED Executive Director Lindsey Piersol, WCED purchased the building in June for $111,000 with federal earmark funds it received for 2022/2023.
According to Wood County Assessor records they purchased it from 4Vision LLC.
A building that has stood for more than 180 years will be renovated and become the new home of two area agencies.
Wood County Economic Development announced in a Facebook post Tuesday that it purchased the former Civil War hospital on Avery Street.
The former Civil War hospital on Avery Street in Parkersburg was purchased by Wood County Economic Development in June with plans to renovate and locate their offices in it.
So instead they asked Congress if they could change the use of the funds for the redevelopment of Downtown Parkersburg and Congress approved it, she said.
Piersol said WCED picked the building because of its historical significance and because it is located on a main downtown thoroughfare.
According to the Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau’s Historic Guide to Wood County, the building, also known as the Henry Logan House, is located at 402 Avery St. and is a two-story Federal style brick home built in 1842.
The guide said the building was purchased from Henry Logan and then operated as one of five United States Army hospitals from 1863-1865. It said that the building is the only one of the five hospitals still standing.
According to the guide, the building was a civilian hospital in the 1890s and an addition was added in 1986 on the south side of the building.
The sign from when the property was an eye clinic can still be seen in front of the building.
According to Piersol, WCED plans to renovate the building.
“The outside … it will be redone, new roof, new windows, new door, repainted,” she said, but the outside will have the same look.
She also said that the inside will be renovated and WCED and Downtown PKB will move into the building and use it for their offices.
