Hyde Home, 1864

In 1864, lumberman Charles Hyde built this Italianate home on land once owned by Jonathan Titus, founder of Titusville, creating the city's first brick residence. Hyde invested wisely in oil and became founder and president of the Second National Bank. Years later, after the house had fallen into neglect, it was deeded to the John Fertig Association, which sold it to the Young Women's Christian Association for one dollar in 1917. The Y.W.C.A. planned to include enough laundry tubs so that young women boarding in the city and wishing to do their own laundry could do so there.

Titusville, Pennsylvania · United States