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Ennis House: What Makes This Frank Lloyd Wright Home So Beloved in Hollywood?

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It’s a simple vanilla cake with a generous amount of chocolate frosting coated with white chocolate flakes on top. It’s baked with love, like you’re enjoying a slice at your grandparents home. After the Sturges family grew even larger they moved next door and for decades two Hollywood luminaries — filmmaker James Bridges and actor, playwright, and librettist Jack Larson lived at the home. The Brentwood landmark last sold in 2016 for just under $2 million.

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The striking interior loggia has a mausoleum-like marble floor and links to the multi-level interior spaces. The grand living room has easy outdoor access through a pair of – what would you call these? Features also include geometric leaded glass windows, custom light fixtures, concrete columns, coffered ceilings,  hardwood floors, and walls of mosaic tile. The Ennis House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The landmarked residence has been featured in dozens of films, television shows, fashion shoots and music videos including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, and, most famously, 1982’s Blade Runner. The house looks typically mid-century modern from the outside, but inside the interiors are typical Wright.

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They go on to say that the LA Times reported the final sale price as $6.8 million. That record will obviously be broken once Ennis House sells. Through its almost 100-year existence, the house has the interesting distinction of appearing in countless Hollywood productions (more than 80, according to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation). This house is privately owned and not available for tours. Whether celebrating or simply getting down to business, Wright’s offers assorted sandwich platters, extravagant dessert platters, party salads, lunch boxes, breakfast trays and much more.

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The style is basically Usonian but takes advantage of the sun in a unique way. Its curved south face lets the some come in all day long. The polished concrete floors are Wright’s typical Cherokee Red, inscribed into squares.The house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms and occupies 1,988 square feet. The small entry area keeps visitors from lingering there and moves them quickly inside.

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Wright’s Gourmet House is one of the most beloved restaurants in Tampa. It’s equally praised for its big sandwiches and charming desserts, and on April 20 it celebrates 61 years in the city. Now, we can say “yes” to much more than before, with private event space for banquets, business meetings and parties, in addition to our thriving catering and delivery business.

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Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1923 and constructed in 1924, the home has made more than 80 onscreen appearances throughout its near century-long existence, according to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. However, it was the home’s feature in House on Haunted Hill in 1959 that brought it into ghoulish acclaim. The Wilbur C. Pearce House located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains is made of simple concrete block, with a dramatic, cantilevered roof covering the carport. Wilbur Pearce was a businessman who moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s to work for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.

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In honor of his masterpiece Ennis House hitting the market recently, we’ll take a closer look at Wright’s philosophy of organic architecture and all eight of his Los Angeles homes, masterpieces all. California captivated both Barnsdall and Wright, and here the architect had the opportunity to develop a new regional expression, which broke from the acclaimed Prairie style he had developed in the Midwest. He took inspiration from building precedents native to the Southwest—the Pre-Hispanic and the Pueblo. The Sturges House is Usonian in style, uncluttered with only two bedrooms and one bath and less than 1,200 square feet. In fact, its 54-foot-long cantilevered terraces are almost larger than the living area.

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Some may say this is Wright’s least famous of the four textile block homes. Perhaps that’s because from the street the house is seemingly hidden behind a system of Wright’s textile blocks, as the house itself sits on a steep hillside and the rest of the house extends to two additional levels down the slope. Wright’s resulting $10,000 commission (and, in a story that played out over and over again between Wright and his clients, the final bill went way over budget, at $23,000) takes full advantage of the precarious Hollywood Hills site.

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During peak holiday season, delivery slots fill up weeks beforehand so be sure to call as soon as possible to reserve your delivery. Customers have the option of reserving a delivery time, and then following up at a later date with their order. Wright’s Gourmet House first opened its doors on April 20, 1963, the vision of Marjorie and Pete Wright who saw the need for a gourmet shop in Tampa.

Learn about the architect’s principles of design as seen at Hollyhock House. Age-specific art activities for kids inspire hands-on exploration. Guides, puzzles, and digital resources provide new opportunities for all to engage with Los Angeles’s only UNESCO World Heritage site and its rich history as a center for the arts.

What put Wright’s on the map originally was the Beef Martini Sandwich. Nearly 60 years later, it’s still a proverbial crowd pleaser. With rare roast beef, mushrooms marinated in white wine and crisp bacon slices with Wright’s own garlic and herb spread on buttercrust white bread. In 1981, Jeff Mount purchased Wright’s from his grandparents and has been carrying on their legacy for over 40 years.

In recent years, the City of Los Angeles has undertaken transformative restoration projects at both Hollyhock House and Residence A, the Wright-designed guesthouse also in Barnsdall Park. It’s also famous for its decadent cakes and desserts, which weren’t part of the menu back in 1963. We’ve taken tremendous pride in the food we serve for nearly 60 years. We work with the finest, freshest ingredients to deliver an experience that’s second to none. It’s the little things we do right – from how we season and roast our top round of beef to our signature sauces and outrageous desserts, all baked in house. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House is the largest and most grand of his textile block homes.

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