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 June 9, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
  3. ^ a b 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.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_Rosas
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