Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House Reopens for 24 Hours Today

After three years of renovations, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House will re-open today, with a free 24-hour public viewing event starting at 4 p.m.

Architecture buffs and neophytes alike will be able to tour Hollyhock House from 4 p.m. today until 4 p.m. tomorrow. The admission fees of $7 for adults and $3 for students was waived for the event.

Paid self-guided tours are also available during the normal hours of 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Thursday through Sunday.

Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city officials will take part in a ribbon- cutting event at the start of today’s public viewing.

The Hollyhock House -- the first building that Wright built in Los Angeles -- is located within Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood and was constructed between 1919 and 1921 under a commission by oil heiress Aline Barnsdall. She donated the house to the city in 1927, and the building has operated as a museum.

It closed in 2008 for renovations, which included restored floors, windows, doors, decorative molding and paint. The house is designed in a style known as California Romanza, and features decorative patterns in the shape of Barnsdall’s favorite flower, the hollyhock.

The Hollyhock House was one of 10 American buildings nominated recently by the United States for inclusion on the World Heritage List, which recognizes the most significant cultural and natural sites on Earth. The nominations will be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in the summer of 2016.

• City News Service