In April when our daughter and son in law were married they gave us a weekend trip to Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I am sure that Bartlesville is not the first place that would jump into people's mind when they think about taking a weekend trip. The purpose for the gift of the trip (besides thanking us for all the hard work we did) was for my husband to be able to stay in a building that Frank Lloyd Wright had designed. That's right...in Bartlesville, Oklahoma there is the only skyscraper that Frank Lloyd Wright has designed. The name of it is Price Tower (pricetower.org).
Price Tower was completed in 1956 for the Harold C. Price Company. There were other offices that were available for rent as well as 4 executive apartments that could be rented. Eventually the office building was owned by Phillips Petroleum but it wasn't being used by them and it needed extensive work. Phillips paid the updating to be done and it became the Price Tower Arts Center. A few years ago some of the original offices were made into hotel rooms so now you can spend the night at a Frank Lloyd Wright skyscraper.
The rooms are wonderful. The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright is repeated in all the furnishings and decorations. The rooms were so comfortable and enjoyable.
We also went to the Frank Phillips mansion (frankphillipshome.org) and to Woolaroc (woolaroc.org). More about those tomorrow.
Liz
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