Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK
Summary
Significance: From National Historic Landmarks Form: Built as a headquarters and rented commercial space and apartments for the H.C. Price Company, the Price Tower is nationally significant as one of two completed designs for high-rise buildings during Frank Lloyd Wright's long career, and the only one that might be appropriately termed a "skyscraper." Constructed between 1953 and 1956, it was a striking addition to the urban landscape of Bartlesville, which boomed because of oil beginning in 1897...
Survey number: HABS OK-67
Building/structure dates: 1956 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74001670
Tags
commercial facilities
apartments
corporate headquarters
skyscrapers
bartlesville okla
price
tower
price tower
dewey
south dewey avenue
bartlesville
washington county
oklahoma
cmb price tower arts center
historic american buildings survey
frank lloyd wright
photo
architecture
commercial buildings architeture
blueprint
downtown
skyscraper
building
residential buildings
condo
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
CMB Price Tower Arts Center, delineator
Location
Bartlesville (Okla.)
,
36.74789, -95.97627
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html