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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]
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]
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.
Josephine McKim, Olympic swimming gold medalist—Oil City; Brandon McManus, professional football player—Philadelphia; Rocco Mediate, professional golfer—Greensburg; Mike Mentzer, bodybuilder, 1979 Mr. Olympia—Ephrata [5] Devin Mesoraco, professional baseball player—Punxsutawney; Lou Michaels, professional football player—Swoyersville
The builder of the structure, Horace B. Robinson of Oil City, etched his initials into a window on the second floor of the building with his diamond ring. At a cost of $90,000.00, it was the first building in the nation with offices for companies specializing in the transportation of oil by pipeline.
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 .
SmartAsset ranked 100 of the largest U.S. cities based on 10 health factors, including self-reported physical and mental well-being, obesity, smoking, drinking, air pollution, sleep quality, and more.
Shauna Melinda Howe (July 11, 1981 – October 27, 1992) was an 11-year-old girl from Oil City, Pennsylvania, who was raped and murdered on October 27, 1992. Howe's kidnapping and murder by being thrown from a bridge in Pennsylvania, receiving widespread media attention for over a decade.