Timeline

1919–1921
Hollyhock House is built on Olive Hill by Frank Lloyd Wright.

1927
Aline Barnsdall gifts Barnsdall Art Park to the City of Los Angeles.

1927–1942
California Art Club uses Hollyhock House as a clubhouse. 

1946
Adult Art Center begins to offer classes in the Arts and Craft Center (Residence A). 

1963
Hollyhock House declared a City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument.

1965
Barnsdall Park is declared a City of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Landmark.

1967
Junior Arts Center opens.

1971
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery & Barnsdall Gallery Theatre open.
Barnsdall Park, including Hollyhock House and Residence A, Barnsdall Art Center, are placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1974
City of Los Angeles sponsors a series of restorations of Hollyhock House.

1990
Olive Hill restoration master plan and work completed, including restoring the original olive groves.

1994
Hollyhock House damaged in Northridge Earthquake. 

2003
Barnsdall Art Park Foundation is founded. 

2005
Hollyhock House reopens after restoration.

2007
Aline Barnsdall Complex, the land given to the City of Los Angeles by Aline Barnsdall in 1927, is named a National Historic Landmark. Five structures have historic significance: Hollyhock House, Residence A, Barnsdall Art Center, Schindler’s Terrace, and the Spring House. 

2008
Hollyhock House undergoes a historic $4 million restoration with a $1,935,000 grant from the California Cultural and Historic Endowment, $1,935,000 in matching funds from the City of Los Angeles, and a $489,000 Save America’s Treasures grant from the National Park Service.
The Barnsdall Art Park Foundation’s popular Friday Night Wine Tasting summer fundraising events begin.

2015
Hollyhock House reopens and is nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

2016
Restoration of Residence A begins.

2019
Hollyhock House is declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.