Oil City North Side Historic District
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.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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.
