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
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
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