Oil City Boat Club

Oil City Boat Club

…summer and stop at a designated site across the river from the Boat Club. The return trip was set for 10:30 p.m. Access to the club would be via a…

Guardians of Tradition

Guardians of Tradition

…the top of the street and later became the site of the Oil City Opera House. The church building came from Pithole where it was dismantled as the Presbyterian Church…

Clark’s Summit

Clark’s Summit

…the South Side. It became the favored residential building site. In addition, the Cottage Hill neighborhood on the North Side was quickly expanding. While the efforts to lure homebuilders were…

Join the Club

Join the Club

…well as escort young boys off the site when they were spied crawling out of the third-floor windows and running around a ledge just below the roof line. The building…

All-America City

All-America City

…(right) and a spire of St. Joseph Church can be seen in the picture. The motel was built on a site that had housed old railroad freight buildings. There were…