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STICK

	711 West First Street - Oil City, Pa.

The Stick credentials of this house can be seen in its tall and angular mass, the open eaves which suggest the rafters, the elements of decorative trusses across the gables, the vertical cornerboards and horizontal cladding and the vertical picket fence cladding around the upper wall surfaces.  The classical veranda is a latter 1890's addition.  As a younger man, Mr. Deming made a living as a photographer and his “Views Of The Oil Region” from the early 1860's are highly regarded collector’s items and sources of early oil history.  In 1876 Mr. Deming was compelled to sell his interests in a refinery to Standard Oil.  In 1882 he was a principal in the establishment of the Independent Refinery.  Much of this refinery was destroyed in the great fire and flood of June 1892.  Hundreds in the region lost their lives in this extraordinary tragedy.  Deming was injured in the massive explosion along Seneca Street in Oil City.  He died the following year at the age of fifty-six.

The Victorian period church structure at the corner of 11th and Buffalo Street in Franklin is an interesting example of the passing influence of Stick architecture and the gradual emerging of something new.

	Church Building at the Corner of 11th and Buffalo Streets - Franklin, Pa.

The building demonstrates many of the Stick conventions.  In this application, even the circular windows could be considered appropriately Stick.  However, the belt of shingles around the tower and the application of shingles on the upper gable surfaces suggest the coming of the Queen Anne architectural style.