Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Bartlesville has a number of
 high rise buildings in its
 downtown.

Older buildings from the early

20th Century show the City's

architectural history.

Frank Lloyd Wright's design for

the Price Tower is much different

from other brick & glass high

rise buildings in Bartlesville.

He designed for Harold C. Price to be the headquarters of H.C. Price Company, an oil pipeline and chemical firm.

Its Tower is the major
feature of this building.







Wright described this project as "the tree that escaped from the crowded forest."  Its Copper cladding's green patina reinforces his statement.

The Price Family planned to rent out apartments in the building to provide a second income stream.  Wright "split" the floor layout into quarters, providing three quarters for business use and one quarter for two-floor residential spaces.

Phillips Petroleum bought Price Tower in 1981.  The building now has a hotel, restaurant, bar, and museum.

The Museum is closed because

of the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The Buffalo roam near
a cantilevered section
of the building.

In 1974 The Price Tower was

added to the National

 Registry of Historic places.

This is a great example of the joys of travel...  The ability to explore the new, the different, the unique, historic places and buildings, old and new.