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 | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Conrail RR, Manning St., Park Rd., Deer St., and Linden, Hasson, Bishop, Carroll and E. Bissell Ave., Oil City, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°26′06″N 79°42′45″W / 41.43500°N 79.71250°W |
| Area | 250 acres (100 ha) |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| MPS | Oil Industry Resources in Western Pennsylvania MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001335[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 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
editThis 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- ^ a b c "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.