A hotel in an Oklahoma skyscraper by Frank Lloyd Wright is reportedly set to close amid reports that the owner has sold historical items without "review or approval" from the Frank Lloyd Wright Conservancy.
Local investment company and owner Copper Tree Inc is reportedly temporarily closing the hotel in September 2024 in Frank Lloyd Wright's Price Tower after facing backlash from selling historical items to help pay for the hotel's high operating costs.
"You have all of these costs," Copper Tree Inc CEO Cynthia Blanchard told local outlet News on 6. "And you're running at 40 per cent occupancy for the hotel. You can't sustain that."
Completed in 1956 and located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Price Tower is one of two high-rise buildings realised by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It was under the ownership of a non-profit until its sale to private buyer Copper Tree Inc early last year. A hotel in the Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright is set to temporarily close. Top photo by Lane Pearman
Originally, it served as the headquarters for the Price Company and contained residential apartments before it was restored and converted into a hotel, restaurant and gallery space, which has been its most recent use.
In Spring 2024, local news outlet Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise reported that Copper Tree Inc had sold "multiple items" to a Dallas-based design dealer, including a historical gate designed by architect Bruce Goff that was donat...