Burning Springs Complex

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; -81.31944Coordinates: 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 #	71000884
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971

71000884

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.

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