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Tonight’s Spotlight MOV is on The Blennerhassett Hotel and Spa in downtown Parkersburg at the corner of 4th and Market streets. We want to thank their Digital Marketing Manager, Travis Stephens, for meeting us and giving us an extended tour of their beautiful building.HistoryThe Historic Blennerhassett Hotel was built and constructed by Colonel William Nelson Chancellor. Construction on the original part of the hotel began in 1883, and after six years of construction, the doors were officially opened to the world on Monday, May 6, 1889. Chancellor wanted a hotel grand for its time, and second to no other hotel in the state of West Virginia, which the Blennerhassett was. The Blennerhassett was built for the millionaires of the day.In the 1880s, Parkersburg was in the middle of the oil and gas boom e ... ... Read more