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

Arbors

— Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park —

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

1. Arbors Marker

Inscription. Strolling through the island’s “pleasure-ground” (pleasure garden) was made even more restful by its beautiful bowers and arbors of grapevine, honeysuckle, eglantine (sweetbriar), roses, and columbine. Underneath these blooming green roofs stood seats where visitors could rest while they surveyed, as one 19th-Century writer nostalgically remembered, “a scene matchless in loveliness.”

Erected by Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 39° 16.319′ N, 81° 36.077′ 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

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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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Flower Bed (within shouting distance of this marker); Fishpond (within shouting distance of this marker); Blennerhassett Island (within shouting distance of this marker); Pleasure Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Summerhouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Paling Fence (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Tenant House and Broom Factory (within shouting distance of this marker); Hothouses (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blennerhassett Island.

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

2. Arbors Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 204 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 27, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.