Union Oil Company Building
- Union Oil Company Building
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name = Santa Paula Hardware Company Block--Union Oil Company
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location = 1003 E. Main St.
Santa Paula, California
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added =August 14, 1986
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refnum = 86002619
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governing_body = The Santa Paula Hardware Company Building, located in Santa Paula, California and more commonly referred to as the Union Oil Company Building, is significant for its historical importance as the birthplace of the Union Oil Company on October 17, 1890. The building continued to serve as a field division office after the main headquarters moved to Los Angeles in 1900. In 1950 the Union Oil Museum was established and in 1990, for its Centennial Celebration, the building was restored to its original appearance and reopened as a new state-of-the-art oil museum.
The building is a California Historical Landmark (#996) and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-86002619).
Ecopetrol
It was bought by Ecopetrol, a Colombian oil companie in early september for $1 Billion Colombian Pesos wich is equivalent to $510 Million U.S. Dollars.
ee also
*List of Registered Historic Places in Ventura County, California
References
*cite web | url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21535 | title=Ventura | work=California Historical Landmarks | publisher=Office of Historic Preservation | accessdate=2005-08-26
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