Ducks and Roses
0402, 2022

Ducks and Roses

…duck farm soon boasted homes, brooder houses, barns, ice houses, feed barns, dairy barns, silos, sheds, garages and more. About 50 employees lived in houses on the farm property. Family…

Luxurious Residences
1609, 2022

Luxurious Residences

…category with the best species of the sterner sex,” according to the 1896 Souvenir of the Oil City Derrick. The Brundred house was located at 315 West 1st Street. The…

Monarch Park
0104, 2022

Monarch Park

…tons and traveled at a speed of 50 miles per hour when in the countryside. Even more park-bound visitors traveled by hanging on to the running boards along the street…

ORLA Newsletter

…– We’re excited to unveil the literary treasures that captivated our readers throughout the year—join us as we reveal the Best Books of 2023, a curated selection voted on by…

Oil City Aces
0511, 2021

Oil City Aces

…resident of Poland, was a top-rated pilot who was chosen, at the age of 20, to test fly the Soviet Union’s top secret MG jet. While patrolling the Polish-Germany border…

Library Hall
2306, 2023

Library Hall

…made will be considered one of the best that the taxpayers of Oil City have ever made.” It was known as the Oil City Carnegie Library until the name was…

Coreco
2804, 2023

Coreco

…and covered much of the 21-acre property between Oil Creek and the BNY & PRR tracks. The operation featured brick stills, oil tanks, a boiler house, outbuildings, a refinery, 50…

Oil Well Supply
0601, 2023

Oil Well Supply

…was the leading inventor and producer of equipment and machinery for the world’s oil and gas industry. The plant covered 50 acres and featured dozens of buildings. Oil Well Supply…

The Glass Industry
0209, 2022

The Glass Industry

Oil and gas fueled Oil City’s early economy. The extraction, production and refining processes prompted an array of other industries such as those that specialized in drilling equipment, pumps, barrels…