Emlenton
Franklin
Oil City
Tionesta
Titusville
Pleasantville
Meadville
Tidioute
Endeavor
Warren
Sheffield
Bradford
Smethport
Ridgway

Styles

Adam
Greek Revival
Classical Revival
Gothic Revival
Italianate
Second Empire
Stick
Queen Anne
Shingle
Colonial Revival
Neoclassical
Tudor
English Cottage

ITALIANATE

	The Tidioute Pipe Line Company Office

The Tidioute Pipe Line Company office (As Shown Above)  was built in the early 1870's.  On Main Street, this was the office of the firm owned by Adnah Neyhart and the Grandin brothers.  W.T. Scheide, a notable Titusville personality, was hired as a young engineer to run the business.  This commercial building’s second floor windows reflect the very decorative, curved window hoods associated with Italianate architecture.  The cornice with the shallow curve is supported by elaborate brackets.  The columns and pilasters on the front facade with their very complicated capitals were meant to impress the visitor with the prominence of this early oil firm. 

After the Civil War, Venango County replaced its old Courthouse with a new one, one that took some three years to design and build.
 

	The Venango County Court House - Franklin, Pa.

Completed in 1869, this courthouse reflected the classical influence of the Italian Renaissance, an influence widely accepted all over the country at that time.  The first floor entrance arcade of rusticated stone, the balustrade above it, the use of multicolored stone and brick, the horizontal belt above and around the first floor, the arcade of arched windows in the second floor facade, the classical brick pilasters supporting the pediment above, all are architectural vocabulary from the Italian Renaissance.  The picturesque towers soaring vertically above the horizontal mass below are a dramatic departure from the classical renaissance theme.  These towers give the building its Italianate credentials.