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.
The building is a California Historical Landmark (#996) and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-86002619).
Read more about Union Oil Company Building: California Oil Museum
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