Sunday, October 10, 2021
First settled in 1823, Bradford became a wild oil boomtown in the Pennsylvania oil rush (1852-1891). The local Pennsylvania Grade crude oil had superior qualities and was free of asphaltic constituents, contained only trace amounts of sulfur and nitrogen, and had excellent characteristics for refining into lubricants. Oil was first discovered in Bradford in 1871 and became the world's first billion dollar oilfield.
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| Penn Brad Oil Museum |
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Schonblom Building (1901, in Neoclassical style)
at 101 Main St |
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Bradburn Building (1890, in Italianate style)
at 113 Main St |
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Hooker-Fulton Building (1930, in Art Deco
style) at 119-125 Main St |
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Behind the McDonald's at 141 Main St: Cline Oil Number 1
pump (1871) is the oldest producing oil well in Bradford |
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| Still a working pump, Cline No 1 has its own museum display |
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Old City Hall (1901, in Romanesque Revival
style) at 23 Kennedy St |
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| City Water Authority Building at 28 Kennedy St |
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| Bradford City Hall at 24 Kennedy St |
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| Cat in store window (KSS) |
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Graham Building (1927, in Neoclassical style)
at 9 Kennedy St |
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| Graham Building mural |
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Bay State Building (1897, in Colonial Revival style)
at 84 Main St |
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Baker Building (1902, in Colonial
Revival style) at 82 Main St |
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Auerheim-Forest Oil Building (1901, in
Neoclassical Revival style) at 78 Main St |
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Masonic Temple Building (c 1890, in
Romanesque Revival style) at 79 Main St |
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| Masonic Temple Building detail (KSS) |
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Wagner Opera House (1876, in late 19c commercial style)
at 62 Main St, may be the oldest building in Bradford |
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| 51 Main St (1896) (KSS) |
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Option House (1903, in Neoclassical Revival
style) at 41 Main St |
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| Option House door (KSS) |
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Commercial National Bank (1922, in Modern style)
at 15 Main St |
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| Veterans' Square lamp (KSS) |
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| Bradford War Memorial |
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| Veterans' Square (est 1837) |
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Marilyn Horne Hall (1932, in Art Deco style) at
2 Marilyn Horne Way; Marilyn Horne was an American
mezzo-soprano opera singer who was born in Bradford (KSS) |
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Emery Hotel (1929, in Colonial Revival style) at
2 South St, is now senior citizen housing |
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Phoenix Building (1895 in late 19C
commercial style) at 1 Main St |
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Carnegie Library (1900, in Romanesque and Neoclassical
Revival style) at 27 Congress St |
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First Presbyterian Church (1917 in Gothic Revival style)
at 54 E Corydon St |
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Tower First United Methodist Church (1924-1927,
in late Gothic Revival style) at 23 Chambers St |
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City Fire Department (1910, in Colonial Revival style)
at 11 Chestnut St |
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Old Post Office (1913, in Neoclassical Revival style)
at 80 E Corydon St |
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St Bernard's Roman Catholic Church (1892,
in late Gothic Revival style) at 95 E Corydon St |
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La Stella Italian Club (1928, with a Mediterranean motif)
on Festival Way |
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By chance, we chose to have lunch at The Magic Bean Café,
a Game Board Café and a Card Game Café,
at 17 Kennedy St |
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| Plenty of board game options |
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Kent waits for our lunch; on offer are coffee drinks,
soft drink, paninis, and a few baked goods (and in
the display case are card collector items) |
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We played Spot It! before our paninis arrived:
this is The Fighter with roast beef, Cuba Cheese curd,
provolone and gravy, while Kent had The Ranger with
honey ham, fig spread, Dijon, provolone, and Colby-Jack |
I assume the panini names are characters from the card collections. The Magic Bean Café is on Facebook and Instagram.
Next: Zippo/Case Museum.
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