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Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK

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Price Tower, 510 South Dewey Avenue, Bartlesville, Washington County, OK

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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

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
CMB Price Tower Arts Center, delineator
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Location

Bartlesville (Okla.)36.74789, -95.97627
Google Map of 36.7478894, -95.97626969999999
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