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EMLENTON

Hill Street became the street of elegance, wealth and power in Emlenton.  Near the east end of Hill Street at 304, you can see today the Second Empire residence (As is Shown Below) built by Eben Crawford.
 

	304 Hill Street

 The elder Mr. Crawford was an oil man and a principal in the Emlenton Gas Company, one of the earliest natural gas companies in the country.  Eben Crawford’s son, George, lived for a time in this house after his father’s passing.  George eventually became Chairman of what we know today as the Columbia Gas System.  After a time, George lived in Pittsburgh , but he maintained this second home  in Emlenton.
 
 

	306 Hill Street

His younger brother, Carroll, maintained a residence in the Queen Anne next door at 306 Hill Street.  Carroll Crawford was also prominent in the natural gas industry.  Unfortunately, Carroll Crawford, already a widower, died at the age of forty-four leaving three young children as orphans.  George Crawford, their uncle, had the children taken to Pittsburgh along with their governess, Mother Woodford.  George maintained a suite of rooms in the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh.  His brother’s children resided in his William Penn suite.  George, the children and Mother Woodford would return to Emlenton by train on weekends.