Barnsdall Art Park
- Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Year
- 1927
- City
- Los Angeles, CA
- Collection
- the wrights of los angeles
Barnsdall Art Park sits at the crest of Olive Hill in East Hollywood, on land the oil heiress Aline Barnsdall donated to the City of Los Angeles for arts and recreational use. The park is centered on Barnsdall's Hollyhock House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and today it is a City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs facility, with the nonprofit Barnsdall Art Park Foundation helping manage its programming. The site overlooks the city and the Hollywood Hills, including Griffith Park.
the building
Hollyhock House. The park's centerpiece, Barnsdall's Hollyhock House by Frank Lloyd Wright, is itself a city and national landmark and a World Heritage Site, distinct from the park's own Historic-Cultural Monument designation.
Olive Hill site. Before Barnsdall bought the land, Olive Hill was undeveloped and had held olive trees since the 1890s, planted by J.H. Spires.
the architect
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American architect, born in Richland Center, Wisconsin.
More on Frank Lloyd Wrightsignificance
Barnsdall Art Park is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and its centerpiece, Wright's Hollyhock House, carries its own separate designation as a city and national landmark and a World Heritage Site.