The Oeldorf Building, also known as Wetherell's Jewelers, was a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg in Wood County, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1906 and was a four-story, two-bay, brick building with a stone foundation and trim in the Classical Revival style. It had an intact first floor storefront and sidewalk clock.[2]

Oeldorf Building/Wetherell's Jewelers
Front of the building
Oeldorf Building is located in West Virginia
Oeldorf Building
Oeldorf Building is located in the United States
Oeldorf Building
Location809 Market St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°16′4″N 81°33′26″W / 39.26778°N 81.55722°W / 39.26778; -81.55722
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1906
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Demolished2019
Part ofAvery Street Historic District (ID86000849)
MPSDowntown Parkersburg MRA
NRHP reference No.82001781[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,[1] and it was a contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, which was designated and listed on the National Register in 1986.[3]

Condemned by the city in 2016, the Oeldorf Building was purchased by the Parkersburg Art Center in 2018 and subsequently demolished on March 23 and 24, 2019.[4]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Eliza Smith and Christina Mann (December 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oeldorf Building/Wetherell's Jewelers" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  3. ^ Michael J. Pauley (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Avery Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. p. 35. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  4. ^ Dennis Bright (March 24, 2019). "Demolition of 2 historic buildings begins; woman remembers working there". WTAP. Retrieved 2019-12-14.