CHARLES LOCKHART

This marker was dedicated October 26, 2007 and is located on Center Street in Oil City.

1818 – 1905
The largest crude oil refiner in Pittsburgh in the 1860s. Lockhart, Frew & Co. merged its seven refineries with Standard Oil in 1874. Lockhart served on the board, managing 80% of aUS oil refining, transport and marketing. One of the original firm’s offices was here.

Charles Lockhart was born in 1818 at Cairns Head near Whitford, Wigtownshire, Scotland. He came to Pittsburgh about 1836. In 1852 Lockhart made his first venture in "ground oil". After Col. Drake’s discovery in 1859 on Oil Creek in Venango County, Lockhart went actively into the field as a purchaser of oil lands. Mr. Lockhart died January 26, 1905 with an estate worth over $200,000,000, a surprise to all who knew him.

Donated by Penny Haylett Minnick
pictures Penny Haylett Minnick