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A restored 1926 vaudeville house, hosting films, concerts, plays, ballets and comedy shows. Dessert tours available.
The Smoot Theatre is a historic vaudeville house and movie theater located in Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1926, and is a brick and terra cotta building with a simple Classical style front. It features a Greek key cornice and a second story inset with four fluted columns in antis.
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Operating from mid-September through Halloween. Learn about the Banshee of Marrtown, the East End Ghoul, the West Virginia Mothman, the Men in Black and the appearance of the alien Indrid Cold. Two-mile walk taking less than two hours. $8.
Covering the history of the oil and gas industry in West Virginia and Ohio with videos, pictures, interactive displays and artifacts - from manufacturing and transportation, to its effects on local wealth and culture, and the resulting impact on state founding and the Civil War.
Art exhibits, classes and workshops, and guided tours. On-site gift shop.
This park will enable you to walk along the water's edge of the Ohio River and take in such things as the Parkersburg Bridge, Parkersburg flood wall, and various ships like paddlewheelers and tallship replicas, etc. Great if you are looking for a stroll.
Second Street and Ann Street. Held every third Friday in August. A parade, arts and crafts booths, a flea market, pageants, a talent show, a wacky raft race, a rubber ducky derby and a chess tournament.
A district of historic homes being preserved and restored. You can take a self-guided walking tour of the area, or a guided tour in mid-October and early December.