Oil City North Side Historic District

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.

Oil City North Side Historic District
View from Veterans Memorial Bridge
Oil City North Side Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Oil City North Side Historic District
Oil City North Side Historic District is located in the United States
Oil City North Side Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Conrail RR, Manning St., Park Rd., Deer St., and Linden, Hasson, Bishop, Carroll and E. Bissell Ave., Oil City, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°26′06″N 79°42′45″W / 41.43500°N 79.71250°W / 41.43500; -79.71250
Area250 acres (100 ha)
Built1870
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
MPSOil Industry Resources in Western Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.99001335[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1999

Situated directly north of the Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

History and architectural features edit

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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (July 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oil City North Side Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved June 2, 2012.