Many of Hollyhock's original Frank Lloyd Wright-designed furnishings went missing in the 1940s and '50s, but the curatorial staff has re-created the early interiors with a mix of reproductions and vintage Wright pieces purchased at auctions.

With its abstract frieze of a hollyhock, the fireplace incorporates the elements of fire, earth, and water; its moatlike trough was connected to a pool that flowed under the home.

A cast-concrete hollyhock stands on the roof terrace. The roof contributed to a flood one rainy winter (a problem often associated with flat-roofed houses). "Aline Barnsdall wrote a letter to a friend that read, 'Sure, go ahead and build a Frank Lloyd Wright house, if you want to camp out in a tent on the lawn every time it rains,'" curator Jeffrey Herr says.

Wright was famous for his use of elaborate art-glass windows. In Hollyhock, the art glass serves as "light screens" to allow for generous views of the inner courtyard.

The galley kitchen was redesigned during Lloyd Wright's 1944 restoration of the house. After that, Formica replaced the original dark mahogany, which Herr hopes to restore.

The dark-mahogany-paneled dining room is deliberately modest (Barnsdall preferred entertaining at hotels). The pattern along the back of each Wright-designed chair is meant to represent a hollyhock. The hanging light fixture, made of custom-designed embroidered linen, fabric cord, and tassels, was copied from one in a fading photograph of the room that the curators found. "We're staying true to the style of the time," Herr says, "not starting a trend!"

Hollyhock's terrace looks onto the Hollywood Hills, a view that's particularly spectacular at sunset.