Bartlesville Community Center

The Bartlesville Community Center was designed by Wesley Peters, a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice. The building is located across the street from the Price Tower.

A series of photographs walking around the building.

A view of the Price Tower from the Bartlesville Community Center.
No, the tower is not leaning, but I evidently was by the end of this long travel day!

Harold Price, Jr. Residence

I debated about making an entry for this building at the website since I was not able to obtain any photographs of it on my trip to Bartlesville. The address is not listed in The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion and the personnel at the Price Tower told me that there was no view of the building available to the public. I cruised the street that it is supposedly located on, but was not able to find the house. There are evidently tours or events hosted there occasionally, so if you've attended one and have any photographs you'd like to share please let me know.

Price Tower

Unlike many Wright buildings that I've enjoyed searching out over the years, the Price Tower stands out in the landscape and is easy to find. It ranks high on my list of favorite Wright buildings next toFallingwater, Taliesin East and Taliesin West.

I may write more later, but I wanted to get the photographs posted.

See the official website for the Price Tower for additional information.

There is a book available on the Price Tower: Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan and the Skyscraper

Bartlesville Community Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentice Wesley Peters, is across the steet from the Price Tower.

See below for information about Bruce Goff, a well known organic-style architect with several buildings in Bartlesville and elsewhere.

All photographs were taken in the late afternoon.

The view from across the street with the sun in the background.

The entryway to the building. It houses a museum as well as a hotel.

Looking up the building. The fire escape is on the left side of the photograph.

The antenna on top of the building.

Some details as viewed from the ground.

The supports for the parking carport in front of the building.
These reminded me of the supports that I saw at Florida Southern College.

This is the view from the Bartlesville Community Center.

The Walt Whitman inscription inside the building.

Bruce Goff

The Price Tower has the Shin'En Kan Gate by Bruce Goff on display.

There is more information about the exhibit at the Price Tower website page

If you'd like to learn more about Bruce Goff the following links may be useful:

A Film of Bruce Goff Buildings
Bruce Goff at greatbuildings.com
Article at Architecture Week
Friends of Kebyar
Bruce Goff Castle (Bed and Breakfast in Southern Illinois)

There is a booklet available (~ $18) from the Price Tower Arts Center Free Thought: The Art and Architecture of Bruce Goff that includes a listing and map of Bruce Goff designed homes in the Bartlesville area. If you happen to be touring and take photographs I would welcome the chance to start a Bruce Goff gallery.

Richard Lloyd Jones Residence

On a business trip to Oklahoma City I was able to swing by Tulsa to take some pictures of the Richard Lloyd Jones house. I may write more later, but wanted to get the photographs posted.

A view of the house from the corner of the block.

Turning right.....

A closer look at the gates, using a chevron pattern similar to those seen in his art glass windows.

The entryway.

A closer look at a light by the entryway.

Another view of the house. The entryway is off to the right of the photograph.