Lighting on the tower was made to simulate an oilwell gusher and the motif was reused at some Richfield service stations.

[2] The company outgrew the building, and it was demolished in 1969, much to the dismay of Los Angeles residents and those interested in architectural preservation, to make way for the present ARCO Plaza skyscraper complex.

[3] The central figures of the Tympanum (Navigation, Aviation, Postal Service and Industry) over the main entry were donated by the Atlantic Richfield Company to the UC Santa Barbara Art & Design Museum, negotiated by Professor David Gebhard, noted UCSB architectural historian.

[citation needed] After languishing in university storage for over a decade, three of the four figures were mounted outside the UCSB Student Health Center in 1982.

[citation needed] Richfield Tower was starkly featured in a few scenes of Michelangelo Antonioni's 1970 film Zabriskie Point, shot shortly before its demolition.