Burning Springs Complex
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| Location | Along the N bank of the Kanawha River from the confluence of Burning Springs Run, Burning Springs, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
| Built | 1859 |
| Architect | Rathbone Bros.; Et al. |
| NRHP Reference # | 71000884 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1971 |
Burning Springs Complex, also known as the Rathbone and Karns Wells, is a national historic district located at Burning Springs, Wirt County, West Virginia. It encompasses one contributing building and three contributing sites. It was the site of the world's second great oil field, springing up only months after the Drake Well in Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War, it was destroyed by General William E. Jones on May 9, 1863.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]
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Categories:
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Wirt County, West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Wirt County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wirt County, West Virginia
- American Civil War sites
- West Virginia in the American Civil War
- Oil fields of the United States
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
