Oil City North Side Historic District Explained

Oil City North Side Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Roughly bounded by Conrail RR, Manning St., Park Rd., Deer St., and Linden, Hasson, Bishop, Carroll and E. Bissell Ave., Oil City, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:41.435°N -79.7125°W
Built:1870
Architecture:Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Added:November 12, 1999
Refnum:99001335

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.

History and architectural features

This district includes 1,140 contributing buildings that are located in a predominantly residential section of Oil City. It includes a few neighborhood commercial buildings, churches, and two schools. The houses were built between about 1870 and 1945 and were designed in a variety of popular architectural styles, including Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Italianate.

This district also includes a number of working class, vernacular dwellings, especially in the Polish Hill section.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H086989_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oil City North Side Historic District ]. 2012-06-02. David L. Taylor. PDF. July 1999.