List of Googie architecture structures (United States)

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 designed by John Lautner.John Lautner Why Do Bad Guys Always Get The Best Houses? October 31 by Rory Stott ArchDaily

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

Name of structure ImageLocation Hope International University Hope International University in Fullerton, California displays classic Googie architecture on its main building and auditorium.Hope International University Mel's Bowl An example of a mid-century Googie sign in Redwood City, California. The Anaheim Convention Center Anaheim, California. Town Motel Birmingham, Alabama.Town Motel Birmingham, Alabama Googie Architecture. Food Mart Woodstock, Tennessee."FoodMart"- Starving outside of Millington.. Memphis, Tn ... Pedestrian tunnel Aberdeen, Maryland.Amtrak Official website Kona Lanes(demolished 2003) Costa Mesa, California. Corky's Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles.Corky's coffee shop a 60s classic returns Sherman Oaks Patch Dot Coffee Shop Houston, Texas. Car Wash San Bernardino, California.Hess 2004, pp. 66–68 Elm Road Drive-In Theatre sign Warren, Ohio. Elm Road Drive-In Burbank Bob's Big Boy Burbank, California.Historical Marker The Caribbean Motel Wildwood, New Jersey. 300 Bowl building Phoenix, Arizona."Midcentury Marvels: Commercial Architecture of Phoenix, 1945 - 1975"; by: City of Phoenix Historic Preservation and Ryden Architects; Publisher: City of Phoenix; .Phoenix Historic Preservation Office The TWA Flight Center John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York.16Sacramento Zoo entranceWilliam Land Park, Sacramento, California17ChipsHawthorne, CAGo on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture by Whitney Friedlander May 18, 2008 Los Angeles Times May 18, 200818Roy's Motel & CafeGas station along Route 66 in Amboy, California.

Doo Wop 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. The Caribbean Motel (1957) is one of those studied which was subsequently listed on the National Register of Historic Places; With 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.

List of Googie architecture structures (United States)

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