National Register of Historic Places
Site of Pithole City
Listed federally as Pithole City, Site of
Titusville vicinity, Venango County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- March 20, 1973
- Type
- Site
- Address
- 10 mi. SE of Titusville, Titusville vicinity
- County
- Venango
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1850 to 1874
- Contributing resources
- 1 site
- Coordinates
- 41.52111, -79.58701
- Reference number
- 73001667
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
The Site of Pithole City lies 10 miles southeast of Titusville, in Venango County, and covers eight acres.
Why it's listed
It was listed in 1973 under criterion A, with state-level significance in industry running from 1865 to 1870, reflecting the town's founding in 1865.
Physical character
Cellar holes are what survive of the town, and Holmden and First are named among the site's features.
Historical context
Pithole City took shape in 1865 with twenty-two streets and five hundred building lots, and in 1866 its production fell sharply. The place ran as an oil boom town from 1865 to 1870, and at the time of its listing it was a museum.