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Burning Springs Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Along the N bank of the Kanawha River from the confluence of Burning Springs Run, Burning Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°59′16″N 81°19′10″W / 38.98778°N 81.31944°W / 38.98778; -81.31944
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1859
Architect	Rathbone Bros.; Et al.
NRHP reference No.	71000884
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 historically viewed as the world's second great oil field, after the Drake Well in Pennsylvania. However, more recent scholarship including the PBS documentary Burning Springs shows it predates the Drake Well by a number of years. During the American Civil War, it was destroyed by General William E. Jones on May 9, 1863.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Clifford M. Lewis, S.J. (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Burning Springs Complex" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

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