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Woods and River Coffee at 100 Seneca

Woods and River Coffee will open a second location on the first floor of 100 Seneca

In a continuation of the building’s revitalization, 100 Seneca will be gaining another new business as Woods and River Coffee prepares to open a second location on the building’s first floor later this year.

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Oil City Oil Exchange Building

The History of 100 Seneca

100 Seneca played a significant role in the late 19th-century oil boom.

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New business is brewing on 100 Seneca’s first floor as incoming restaurant installs 3,000-liter still

Starting out with one of the biggest items first, a 3,000-liter Kothe gin still was assembled in the corner of the first floor of 100 Seneca in Oil City, an undertaking which took place over Monday and Tuesday.

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The Venango Makerspace

Venango County Makerspace grand opening set next week

The Venango County Makerspace will hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday on the fifth floor of 100 Seneca in downtown Oil City.

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100 Seneca Street’s fifth floor provides new home for local organizations

After years of renovations, the Venango Area Chamber of Commerce and the Venango County Economic Development Authority welcomed a crowd of about 50 people to their new home on the recently opened fifth floor of 100 Seneca Street.

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Venango Area Chamber of Commerce staff

Chamber Office Relocated to 100 Seneca – Ribbon Cutting!

The Venango Chamber office has moved to 100 Seneca! You’ll find our new offices on the 5th Floor, and visitors can enter through the door off of Center Street.

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It’s been ‘so worth it’ for those involved with 100 Seneca transformation

By Kara O’Neil, Staff Writer

After years of work and expense, 100 Seneca in Oil City is nearing a major milestone — the opening of the first and fifth floors of the landmark Seneca Street building by the end of this year.

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The Exchange at Side Hustle

OC native wants to blend old, new at 100 Seneca distillery

Work on the 100 Seneca project in downtown Oil City keeps pushing forward, and much of the first
floor of the old bank building will be transformed into a distillery with a nod to oil wealth past and
present.

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Next phase of work on 100 Seneca project will start next month

By Kara O’Neil, Staff Writer, The Derrick

Construction will begin in January on the next phase of the renovations at 100 Seneca in Oil City.

That was the word from Emily Lewis, executive director of the Venango County Economic Development Authority, during the panel’s final meeting of the year on Tuesday.

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$1.5M grant awarded for work on first floor at 100 Seneca

The Venango County Economic Development Authority has received a grant of nearly $1.5 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission to rehabilitate the first floor of the landmark former bank building at 100 Seneca St. in Oil City.

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