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Hollyhock House

Museum
In Los Angeles, California
0.6 mi from Route 66

Hollyhock House is a Frank Lloyd Wright design in the East Hollywood area of Los Angeles, CA, where it crowns Barnsdall Art Park. Wright created it for the heiress Aline Barnsdall, and it was finished in 1921. Its name comes from the stylized hollyhock flowers worked into the design. Now a house museum, it is a National Historic Landmark and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that groups several of Wright's 20th-century buildings.

What is Hollyhock House?

The main house blends several architectural styles and is often classed as Mayan Revival. Its three wings wrap around a central courtyard. Nearby stand two guesthouses, known as Residence A and Residence B, along with the Spring House, the Schindler Terrace and a garage.

Wright did not work alone. His son Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler all had a hand in the house and its outbuildings, so the site brings together several major names in Los Angeles architecture. It is also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and is listed on the National Register.

History of Hollyhock House

Barnsdall had been thinking about a theater complex since 1915. In 1919 she bought the site, then called Olive Hill, and brought in Wright. The plans changed several times, and in the end only the house and its outbuildings were built, finished in 1921. They were never used for theater.

In 1927 the city of Los Angeles took over the house and part of the land and created Barnsdall Park, and the California Art Club rented the main house for 15 years. Barnsdall kept one guesthouse until she died. Dorothy Clune Murray leased the house in 1946 and began restoring it. A temporary gallery wing added by the city in the 1950s closed in 1967 and was torn down soon after.

Visiting Hollyhock House: tips

Tours run on a limited schedule, so check the house's website before you go, and allow about an hour. The house has wheelchair access. The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery shares the same park grounds, so the two pair naturally. The Museum of Death is about 1.5 miles away, and the Pickford Center about 1.9 miles off.

Practical info

Address: 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: +1 323-913-4030
Website: barnsdall.org/hollyhock-house
Hours: Thu–Sat 11–4 · Sun 10:30–4
On site & nearby

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Where to eat near Hollyhock House

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Musso & Frank Grill
Los Angeles, CA · 2.3 mi from Hollyhock House
Hollywood's oldest restaurant, operating on Hollywood Boulevard since 1919 and named for its two founders.
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Formosa Cafe
West Hollywood, CA · 3.0 mi from Hollyhock House
A West Hollywood restaurant and bar from 1925, long a hangout for film stars from the studio lot nearby.
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Pink's Hot Dogs
Los Angeles, CA · 3.1 mi from Hollyhock House
A Los Angeles hot dog stand on North La Brea Avenue, serving since 1939 at the edge of Hollywood.