The Blennerhasset Mansion is a historic site of the late 1800s, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Last year, five students from WVU and Parkersburg worked on the project. The field school students were housed in a de-commissioned firehouse in Parkersburg for the six week period. This year's field school starts June 3 and runs through July 12. Students most likely will be housed in the same firehouse.
Students receive three to six credit hours for taking part in the project, as well.
We have already had 32 requests for information come in. Gozdzik said the project has a cut-off of 20 people. Students from Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, New York and Georgia have expressed interest in this year' s project. The idea for the Blennerhasset reconstruction was generated by the Blennerhasset Island Found-ation last year. The foundation called Gozdzik and asked if her research company, Horizon, would do excavation on the island.