Oil City North Side Historic District

Oil City North Side Historic District, also known as Cottage Hill, Palace Hill, and Polish Hill, is a national historic district located at Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It is directly north of the Oil City Downtown Commercial Historic District. The district includes 1,140 contributing buildings 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 are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, and Italianate. It also includes a number of working class vernacular dwellings, especially in the Polish Hill section.[2]

Oil City North Side Historic District
View from Veterans Memorial Bridge
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
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

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

References
  1. "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 2012-06-02.


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