History · Oil

Oil’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Oil. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story

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The Jacob Rickenbaugh House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Oil

1 place in Oil is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

#288
In Indianaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
1984first listedRickenbaugh House

Where they are

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When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

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Stories next door

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