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The Oil City South Side Historic District, also known as Venango City and Laytonia, is a national historic district that is located in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and is situated directly south of the Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
The Oil City North Side Historic District, also known as Cottage Hill, Palace Hill, and Polish Hill, is a national historic district that is located in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Situated directly north of the Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District , it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Notable buildings include the General Telephone Company Building (1942), Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church (1924), the Oil City Boiler Works, Downs Block (1894), Veach Block (1896, 1913), the Drake Building (1928), and the Oil City National Bank (1926). [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]
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Oil City had fewer than six families living there in 1859. [8] The discovery of oil changed that. By 1868, a number of boomtowns had emerged in the region, including Oil City, Petroleum Center, Pithole, Rynd Farm, [14] and Titusville. [15] By 1860, the oil trade was far and away the dominant industry in the Oil City area. [9]
Petroleum Center is located at (41.516, -79.682), at an elevation of 1,070 feet (330 m) above sea level, along the banks of Oil It is most easily found on local maps at the intersection of Petroleum Center Road and Russell Corners Road, within Oil Creek State Park, approximately five miles north-northeast of Oil City.
The national heritage area includes all of Venango County and a portion of Crawford County, including Titusville and Oil Creek Township, [1] in and around the Oil Creek valley. [2] The Oil Region National Heritage Area was established by Public Law 108-447 in 2004. It is administered by the Oil Region Alliance. [3]
Oil City is an unincorporated community in east-central Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, located at the confluence of Bens Creek and the Little Conemaugh River. [1] The bridge over Bens Creek is on the National Register of Historic Places .