The ennis house designed by frank lloyd wright and built by his son lloyd is the last and largest of the elder wright s four textile block houses in the los angeles area.
Ennis house tour. Dara gives a tour of ennis house wright was seeking a style suited to california s landscape and past but he was also reflecting the anything goes influence of hollywood which in the 1920s was an inescapable force due to egyptian and babylonian movie sets. His widow sold it in 1936. After passing through five owners it was purchased by augustus oliver brown who lived in it for many years opened it for tours and donated it for public use. We recommend booking ennis house tours ahead of time to secure your spot.
For a time it was called the ennis brown house in his honor. The ennis house is a residential dwelling in the los feliz neighborhood of los angeles california united states south of griffith park the home was designed by frank lloyd wright for charles and mabel ennis in 1923 and was built in 1924. The ennis house rises in stages with over 27 000 blocks arranged across a concrete platform and buttressed by a retaining wall. See all 1 ennis house tours on tripadvisor.
Tour frank lloyd wright s legendary la mansion the ennis house for our new video series amazing spaces edgar ramÃrez takes you through one of america s most architecturally. Following la miniatura in pasadena and the storer and freeman houses in the hollywood hills of los angeles the structure is the fourth and largest of. Ennis lived in the house for only a few years before he died.