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Know Your City No.98 Side view of corner of Hollyhock House, residence of Aline Barnsdall, Los Angeles, Calif

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Title: Know Your City No.98 Side view of corner of Hollyhock House, residence of Aline Barnsdall, Los Angeles, Calif
Date Created and/or Issued: February 23, 1956
1956-02-23
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Hollyhock was built in 1919-1921 for oil heiress, Aline Barnsdall. In 1927 Barnsdall donated the house and acreage to the city of Los Angeles thus creating the Barnsdall Art Park. Declared Historic-Cultural Monument #12 by the City of Los Angeles in 1963.
ANSWER: Shown in the photo is a corner of the fabulous Barnsdall residence, designed by Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, which sits atop the knoll near the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Vermont Ave. The knoll was given to the city for a park, the residence becoming a city art gallery. That landmark in the lower left corner of the photo is, of course, the Griffith Planetarium.
KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.98 -- A lot of people are going to go crazy trying to figure out this one. Particularly with familiar landmark at lower left. Best hint: Designed by famed architect, it used to be private, now is public. See Page 30, Part ll.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b257_95950DQ-1
ark:/21198/zz0002t62v
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Landmarks
Historic buildings--California--Los Angeles County
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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