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Constructed, 1920
Restored, 2019
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In September 2019, the U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service awarded a $500,000 grant to Project Restore to preserve and repair Residence A
The award, one of five in the State of California and the largest, is made possible through the Save America’s Treasures grant program, which is funded by the Historic Preservation Fund and administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior. The investment by the City of L.A. helped leverage interest in additional funding, most recently a National Park Service Grant
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The project is a part of Frank Lloyd Wright’s first site in Los Angeles, Residence A, also referred to as “The Director’s House,”
The building was envisioned by Aline Barnsdall to act as a smaller auxiliary residence for a theater director to the central Hollyhock House
The site has been recognized as a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument
The building was used as a center for youth activity known as the “Barnsdall Playground” and “Barnsdall Arts and Crafts Center” for more than 70 years after it was donated to the City of Los Angeles
The building began showing structural issues as early as the 1970s, and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake caused serious property damage that lead to its closure
Phase 1 of the Residence A restoration project began in 2017 and cost more than $5 million from various sources, including city dollars and funding received from the former Community Redevelopment Agency and the National Park Service
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