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STICK

	108 Reed Street - Oil City, Pa.

The first impression of this house is its tall and angular mass.  The impressive hip roof is elaborated with a complex variety of dormers and gables.  The exterior plan is angular with right angle turns here and there looking for new possibilities and ways to break out of the basic box volume.  The roof rafters are exposed well beyond the wall plane and creatively finished.  The windows are tall and plane, actually just simple voids in the stud frame.  Elaborate trusswork can be seen on the gable facing Reed Street and on the gable overlooking West First.  Some of this is repeated in the dormers to reinforce the strong statement made by the gable trusses.  Three belts of Stick style decoration showing incised work, diagonal board panels, and short, vertical boards are around the floor levels.  John R. Campbell purchased the lot for this house in 1872.  County tax records from the time indicate the house wasn’t completed until 1880.  Campbell was the Treasurer of a variety of early oil firms including Vandergrift and Forman.  In 1877 he was named Treasurer of the United Pipe Lines Company based in Oil City.  This Standard Oil affiliate was the entity responsible for collecting oil by pipeline from the well sites, transporting oil by pipeline to the railroads, and for storing oil not in transit.

Willis Hulings built a large Stick style residence in Oil City at 114 Moran.
 

	114 Moran Street - Oil City, Pa.

The Stick character of this home is evident from its high, angular mass and the sharp roof edges coming at you.  The windows are all plane rectangular forms which appear as mere voids in the stud framing.  Willis Hulings built this house in 1882.  He was an attorney, prominent state legislator and particularly active in attempting to legislate uniform rail rates for the oil industry.