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Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park

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Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park occupies a small island in the Ohio River in Wood County, West Virginia, once the site of a Palladian style mansion built in 1799 by Harman Blennerhassett and his wife Margaret. The island became notorious for its connection to an alleged plot against the United States involving Aaron Burr, and the original mansion burned in 1811. West Virginia State Parks now manages the roughly 511 acre island, where a detailed replica of the mansion was reconstructed in the 1980s and the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
Designation Category
State Park 1
Area (sq km)
2.07 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
United States state park agency 1
Sources
1. Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (Wikipedia)
  • Lead sentence, state park status
    Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood County, West Virginia, USA
  • Lead sentence
    is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood
  • Infobox, area_acre (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Lead
    Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood County, West Virginia, USA.
  • Source text, realm: terrestrial
    Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is a state park located on Blennerhassett Island, a small island in the Ohio River, located in Wood County, West Virginia, USA.
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Wikidata: Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park
  • Wikidata Q742819, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Part Of: United States, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: United States
On Continent: North America, Wikidata item for United States, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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