Quirky Links to Oil City

Quirky Links to Oil City

…in the Revolutionary War. He personally led the forces in the famed Battle of Bunker Hill. Her great-great-uncle, Albert Williams, was one of three militiamen famous in the Revolutionary War…

Music, Literature and Faith

Music, Literature and Faith

…city who would lead efforts to establish a full-fledged collection of reading materials and arrange for a magnificent building to house those items. The Oil City Library on lower Central…

Accessibility

…has invested a significant amount of resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that…

Early Theaters

Early Theaters

…or child who does not laugh at the Orpheum tonight” during a special vaudeville show. The Star Theater, billed as “the home of high class Vaudeville,” invited all firemen in…

The Jewish Community

The Jewish Community

…synagogue as “the top project of the city’s renaissance efforts.” The synagogue, emphasized the Jewish leaders, was to serve as a house of worship, a house of study and a…

Parochial Schools

Parochial Schools

…each year until the 1951-52 term in which all eight grades were in place. The top third floor offered housing for the Benedictine nuns who were the teachers. The level…

Oil Well Supply

Oil Well Supply

…oil industry. For example, Eaton launched specifications such as threaded tubing for pipe, a major change in the early practice of workers simply shoving pipe down a well hole like…

Taking Flight

Taking Flight

…and boasted a maximum speed of 88 miles per hour. It was affordable, simple and lightweight, attributes which lent a comparison to Ford’s Model T version of a car meant…

Second Presbyterian Church

Second Presbyterian Church

…that was organized five years earlier. However, that effort stalled and the struggling congregation voted to disband. However, the rapid development of the South Side neighborhoods due to the growth…

The Glass Industry

The Glass Industry

…people. The plant, known as the Oil City Glass Bottle Corporation, was part of the Knox Glass Bottle Co. The new company boasted an oil derrick as its trademark logo….