Landmarks

In August 1859, Edwin Drake struck oil just outside this town and changed the world. Here’s what’s still standing, and which places you can walk into.

Where this comes from

Listings and dates are drawn from the National Register of Historic Places and the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission’s marker program, with each entry linked to its source so you can read the original.

Titusville’s history is better documented than most towns’, but it isn’t finished. If you know a place that belongs here, or we’ve got a detail wrong, we’d genuinely like to hear it.

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