Casa de Rosas
Casa de Rosas, May 2008
Casa de Rosas is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Casa de Rosas
Casa de Rosas is located in California
Casa de Rosas
Casa de Rosas is located in the United States
Casa de Rosas
Location2600 S. Hoover Street, West Adams, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°1′48″N 118°16′55″W / 34.03000°N 118.28194°W / 34.03000; -118.28194
Built1893 (1893)
ArchitectSumner P. Hunt; et al.
Architectural styleMission Revival, Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No.04000679[1]
LAHCM No.241
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 2004
Designated LAHCMApril 9, 1981[2]

Casa de Rosas, also known as the Froebel Institute and the Sunshine Mission, is a historic building in the West Adams district of Los Angeles. It is the oldest women's shelter in Los Angeles.[3]

Front entrance of Casa de Rosas




History

The building was designed by Sumner P. Hunt and built in 1893.[3] It was originally an experimental kindergarten and has also been used over the years as a prestigious college preparatory school for girls, an inn and restaurant, a military barracks in World War II, the headquarters of L. Ron Hubbard's Dianetics Foundation, and a shelter for homeless women.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
  3. 1 2 Herwees, Tasbeeh. "Historic Sunshine Mission to Undergo Renovations." Archived 2017-04-09 at the Wayback Machine www.neontommy.com, January 25, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sunshine Mission.' Archived 2017-04-09 at the Wayback Machine www.shelterpress.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Interior courtyard of the casa de Rosas building. Black and White photograph. Plant material growing on walls of interior courtyard and partially covering the opening to the sky.
Court of Casa de Rosas, Views of Los Angeles, California, (circa 1898–1912), courtesy, California Historical Society, CHS2013.1304.
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