List of Googie architecture structures (United States) explained

This is a list of Googie architecture structures in the United States which includes a photographic gallery with a brief description of some of the structures. Googie was an original architectural style which began in Southern California during the 1940s. Influenced by the coming of the Space Age, the Googie-themed architecture popularity was most notable from the mid-1940s to early 1970s, among motels, coffee houses and gas stations. The term "Googie" comes from a now defunct coffee shop and cafe built in West Hollywood^[1] designed by John Lautner.^{[2] [3]}

List

The following are images of some of the Googie architecture structures remaining in the United States.

		width = 18%	Name of structure	width = 8% class="unsortable"	Image		Location
		Hope International University		Hope International University in Fullerton, California displays classic Googie architecture on its main building and auditorium.^[4]
		Mel's Bowl		An example of a mid-century Googie sign in Redwood City, California.^[5]
		The Anaheim Convention Center		Anaheim, California.^[6]
		Town Motel		Birmingham, Alabama.^[7]
		Food Mart		Woodstock, Tennessee.^[8]
		Pedestrian tunnel		Aberdeen, Maryland.^[9]
		Kona Lanes (demolished 2003)		Costa Mesa, California.^[10]
		Corky's		Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.^[11]
		Dot Coffee Shop		Houston, Texas.^[12]
		Car Wash		San Bernardino, California.^[13]
		Elm Road Drive-In Theatre sign		Warren, Ohio.^[14]
		Burbank Bob's Big Boy		Burbank, California.^[15]
		The Caribbean Motel		Wildwood, New Jersey.^[16]
		300 Bowl building		Phoenix, Arizona.^[17] ^[18]
		The TWA Flight Center		John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York.^[19]
16	Sacramento Zoo entrance		William Land Park, Sacramento, California^[20]
17	Chips		Hawthorne, CA^[21]

Doo Wop ones in New Jersey

A number of postwar motels in New Jersey, including a cluster in The Wildwoods, have been recognized as high-style Moderne architecture, and some or all of these have been termed Doo-Wop and/or Googie in style. A number of these were studied in a National Register of Historic Places 2001 architectural survey.^[22] The Caribbean Motel (1957) is one of those studied which was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places;^[23] it and numerous others are listed in the New Jersey-designated Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District. The term doo-wop was coined by Cape May's Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts in the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style, which is also referred to as the Googie or populuxe style.^{[24] [25]}

See also

• List of Googie architecture structures (Canada)
• Googie architecture
• Modern architecture

Further reading

• Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture; by: Alan Hess; Publisher: Chronicle Books; .
• Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture; by: Alan Hess; Publisher: Chronicle Books; .

Notes and References

1. News: Valerie J.. Nelson. Eldon Davis dies at 94; architect designed 'Googie' coffee shops . . 2011-04-26 . 2011-05-15.
2. http://www.archdaily.com/tag/john-lautner/ John Lautner
3. News: Friedlander . Whitney . May 18, 2008 . Go on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture . . . 11 February 2009 . It was the 1950s. America was a superpower, and the Los Angeles area was a center of it. The space race was on. A car culture was emerging. So were millions of postwar babies. Businesses needed ways to get families out of their automobiles and into coffee shops, bowling alleys, gas stations and motels. They needed bright signs and designs showing that the future was now. They needed color and new ideas. They needed Googie. .
4. http://www.hiu.edu/about-hiu/campus-locations/fullerton/ Hope International University
5. Web site: Eslinger. Bonnie. Mel's Bowl sign in Redwood City is a real 'Googie' and should remain, group says. Palo Alto Daily News. 2011-11-02. 2011-09-17 .
6. Book: Hughes, Holly. Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear. 2011. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1-118-16031-2. 443.
7. http://us.geoview.info/town_motel_birmingham_alabama_googie_architecture,85657373p Town Motel Birmingham, Alabama Googie Architecture.
8. https://www.reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/comments/phw5i/foodmart_starving_outside_of_millington_memphistn/ "FoodMart"- Starving outside of Millington.. Memphis, Tn ...
9. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Station/Station_Page&code=ABE Amtrak Official website
10. News: Scott . Martelle . O. C. Bowling Alley's Days Roll to an End . . May 27, 2003 . December 31, 2013.
11. http://shermanoaks.patch.com/groups/opinion/p/corkys-coffee-shop-a-60s-classic-returns Corky's coffee shop a 60s classic returns
12. News: Parking peril for the Penguin Arms . Lisa . Gray . August 20, 2014 . Houston Chronicle. subscription . Hardly any of our Googie survives. Besides the Penguin Arms, the marvelous Dot Coffee Shop (at Gulfgate Center) remains a time-warp joy..
13. Hess 2004, pp. 66–68
14. http://www.elmroadtripledrivein.com/ Elm Road Drive-In
15. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=52246 Historical Marker
16. News: The '50s and '60s Thrive In Retro Doo-Wop Motels . . 24 June 2007 . 2008-12-10 .
17. "Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix, 1945 - 1975"; by: City of Phoenix Historic Preservation and Ryden Architects; Publisher: City of Phoenix; .
18. https://www.phoenix.gov/pddsite/Documents/pdd_hp_pdf_00068.pdf Phoenix Historic Preservation Office
19. Web site: Makovsky. Paul. September 19, 2005. Reconsidering Eero. July 1, 2020. Metropolis Magazine. July 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200701151242/https://www.metropolismag.com/uncategorized/reconsidering-eero/. live.
20. Web site: Sacramento Zoo's entrance named historic landmark . 2023-02-22 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116135319/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-tr-googie18-2008may18,0,6281227,full.story#axzz2qJ5Ns2U0 Go on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture
22. none. National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Motels of The Wildwoods . 2003 . Nancy L. Zerbe . Stephanie M. Hoagland . Kevin D. Murphy.
23. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=05000915}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Caribbean Motel (Motels of The Wildwoods MPS) ]. National Park Service. Nancy Zerbe . Jennifer Warren . March 2005 . December 24, 2022. With
24. http://www.cresthistory.org/doowop.php Wildwood Crest Historical Society Web site
25. Web site: History of Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. Visit New Jersey Shore. 2009-06-18.