Hollyhock House (Los Angeles, California)

 museum, house, interesting place, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1921_construction, historic house museum, Frank Lloyd Wright (architect), U.S. National Historic Landmark

4800 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 913-4030
barnsdall.org/tours

The Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House is a building in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, which was originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright as a residence for oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, built in 1919-1921. The building is now the centerpiece of the city's Barnsdall Park.

Ms. Barnsdall originally intended it to be part of an arts and theatre complex on a property known as Olive Hill which was never completed. This was Wright's first project in California, and, atypically for Wright, he was not able to personally supervise much of the construction due to his preoccupation with designing the Imperial Hotel in Japan at the time. He delegated many of the responsibilities involved in designing the house to his assistant, Rudolph Schindler, and his son, Lloyd Wright.

Disillusioned by the costs of construction and maintenance, Ms. Barnsdall donated it to the city of Los Angeles in 1927. It has been used as an art gallery and as a United Service Organizations facility over the years. Beginning in the 1974 the city sponsored a series of restorations of the house to try to restore it as best as possible to its original state, but it was damaged in the Northridge Earthquake in 1994. It was again restored, and is currently open to the public as of June, 2005.

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