Oil City Armory
Appearance
Oil City Armory | |
Location | Jct. of E. 2nd and State Sts., Oil City, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°25′38″N 79°42′33″W / 41.42722°N 79.70917°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Bailey, Emmett E., Co.; Cossau Bros. |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91000517[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 9, 1991 |
Oil City Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1914, and consists of a two-story administration section with a taller two-story drill hall in a Late Victorian style. The administration section has a taller three-story, corner, polygonal office tower with Gothic-influenced window surrounds. The drill hall measures 70 by 72 feet and has a roof supported by Pratt trusses.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the Oil City South Side Historic District.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-03. Note: This includes Joseph Burke, III and Christine M. Wilson (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oil City Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.