Midtown - Downtown on Blennerhassett Island in Wood County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Blennerhassett Kitchen Garden

— Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park —

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 11, 2021

1. Blennerhassett Kitchen Garden Marker

Inscription. The one acre kitchen garden was located on this site. Here was grown produce for the kitchen and also herbs. Included in this garden were long glass-covered hothouses where grew orange, lemon, fig, and citron trees whose foreign, exotic appearance gave the island almost a Mediterranean atmosphere.

Erected by Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 39° 16.272′ N, 81° 36.048′ W. Marker is on Blennerhassett Island, West Virginia, in Wood County. It is in Midtown - Downtown. It is on no nearby street. Marker can be reached by sternwheeler riverboat passenger ferry ($12 round trip) from Point Park on 2nd Street in Parkersburg between May 1st and early October. Ferry departs on the hour from 10 AM to 5 PM. Last ferry departs the island at 5:30 PM. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is closed Mondays (except Memorial Day and Labor Day), Tuesdays in September and October, and for the winter after the last weekend in October until the first weekend in May. You should call ahead to verify this information at +1-304-420-4800 or 1-800-CALL-WVA. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Parkersburg WV 26101, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Virginia’s Mid-Ohio Valley. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France

and also the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

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At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Blennerhassett Wash House (a few steps from this marker); Blennerhassett’s Well (a few steps from this marker); Site of Tenant House and Broom Factory (within shouting distance of this marker); Black Walnut Tree Plantation (within shouting distance of this marker); Blennerhassett Island (within shouting distance of this marker); Flower Bed (within shouting distance of this marker); Pleasure Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Arbors (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blennerhassett Island.

Blennerhassett Kitchen Garden’s Location and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 11, 2021

2. Blennerhassett Kitchen Garden’s Location and Marker

It was part of what is now the black walnut grove.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 20, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 263 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 20, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.