Hollyhock House at 4800 Hollywood Boulevard was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, with Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra and Lloyd Wright associated. The infobox gives 1919 to 1921, and the text says it was completed in 1921, but work stopped in October 1921 with the second floor incomplete.
The infobox lists several styles including Mayan Revival, while the text calls it California Romanza, with Asian, Aztec, Egyptian and Maya influences. Hollow clay tile, wood frames and stucco carry cast-concrete art stone hollyhock motifs. It has about 6,000 square feet (560 m²), a 68-foot (21 m) loggia and a central courtyard.
Barnsdall bought the site for $300,000 in 1919, and Wright was fired in 1921 over cost overruns. The city accepted the house in 1927. It became a National Historic Landmark in 2007 and a UNESCO site in 2019, and the city runs it as a house museum, reopened in August 2022.
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