Oil City in Caddo Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Trees City Office & Bank

Historic Site

— Caddo —

Trees City Office & Bank Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, February 28, 2021

1. Trees City Office & Bank Marker

Inscription. Built 1910 at Trees, Louisiana. Moved to present site in 1983. Both Trees and Oil City are intimately associated with the oil boom of the early 1900s. Trees City was founded in 1909 by Trees Oil Company. Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1986.

Erected 1986 by Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 32° 44.477′ N, 93° 58.253′ W. Marker is in Oil City, Louisiana, in Caddo Parish. It is on South Land Avenue 0.1 miles south of Savage Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 S Land Ave, Oil City LA 71061, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Boom or Bust Byway (within shouting distance of this marker); Oil City (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (approx. 0.9 miles away); Caddo Lake (approx. one mile away); First Over Water Oil Well (approx. one mile away); The Historic Caddo Lake Drawbridge (approx. 3.3 miles away); Potter's Point (approx. 6.8 miles away in Texas); Horseshoe Bayou Bridge On LA. 530 (approx. 7.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oil City.

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Trees City Office & Bank image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, February 28, 2021

2. Trees City Office & Bank

Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 608 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 1, 2021, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.