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“Hollyhock House”

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #12, 1/4/63

Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

Statement of Significance: 

The property meets the criteria for HCM designation because it is identified with GÇ£an historic personage,” oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. Barnsdall purchased Olive Hill, a 36-acre tract on which the Hollyhock House (later Barnsdall Park) was built and commissioned the design by Wright. The Period of Significance end date is listed as 1927, the year that she deeded the property to Los Angeles. The property meets Criterion B for National Register designation for similar reasons. Periods of Significance: From: 1921-01-01To: 1927-12-3 (Source: Historic Places LA)

Barnsdall Art Park: 11.5 acres. Includes 4748 – 4802 – 4804 – 4806 – 4810 – 4812 W. Hollywood Boulevard Architect of Junior Arts Center: Hunter and Benedict and by Kahn, Farrell and Associates. Architect of Municipal Art Gallery: Wehmueller and Stephens.

Read more here:  Barnsdall – Hollyhock House

History:
Oil heiress Aline Barnsdall hired architect Frank Lloyd Wright to create an arts and avant garde theater colony on Olive Hill in 1919. Wright designed Hollyhock House, Buildings A & B, and chauffeur’s quarters. R.M. Schindler supervised much of the construction.  In 1927 Aline donated the three Wright structures and 11 acres to the city as an art park. It is considered perhaps the most complete example of Wright’s talents in the country.  Hollyhock House was designated a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 2007. On July 10, 2019, Hollyhock House was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of “The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.”