Hollyhock House

The Japanese Garden

Art In The Park

Hollyhock House / Art Garden

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for oil heiress Aline Barnsdale in East Hollywood, the home sets stop a thirty-five acre tract. Designed with hollyhocks carved in sandstone or poured concrete, it was the favorite flower of Aline. The building of the home began in 1918 and was finished in 1920. By 1927 Aline was offering the home, art gallery and thirty-five acres of prime real estate to the city of Los Angeles to be maintained as an art park.

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Over the course of the years the home was sold several times between the time Aline donated the home to the City Of Los Angeles and before the Los Angeles City Art League retained ownership. Today the Gallery exhibits local art.

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The home suffered much damage in the 1999 earthquake and is undergoing extensive repair. The park located between the Art Gallery and the house displayed several metal sculptures.