Oil Boom Architecture: Titusville, Pithole, and Petroleum Center

by William B. Moore, Joshua F. Sherretts, Joshua F Sherretts

Book Overview

Following the drilling of the world's first oil well in 1859 just south of town, the small village of Titusville exploded into a bustling city. Through the early 1870s, newly prosperous citizens built stores, banks, hotels, and churches, as well as hundreds of residences. Into the 20th century, residents remodeled or built anew, leaving Titusville with a crop of Victorian buildings, many of which still stand today. The nearby cities of Petroleum Center...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 073855720X
• ISBN13: 9780738557205
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"