Casa de Rosas

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
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]

Casa de Rosas in June 2017, still boarded up after a mistaken partial demolition in 2016.
An Angels Walk historical marker in front of Casa de Rosas.

In 2015, the Housing Community Investment Department of Los Angeles (HCID) issued an RFP to redevelop the site, and the winning development team set out to create affordable housing for veterans.[5] In 2016, a construction company mistakenly began demolishing a part of the complex, leaving the interior features of one of the buildings open to water damage, dry rot, and mold.[5] Subsequently, an $18 million restoration effort successfully rehabilitated Casa de Rosas's four historic buildings into 37 residential units—studios, one and two-bedroom units, management offices, common spaces, laundry rooms, and fitness rooms. Exterior aesthetics and landscaping were restored using historic photos. [5]

In 2022, the L.A. Conservancy awarded Casa de Rosas a Preservation Award.[5] In 2023, Casas de Rosas opened to house veterans, with city officials, local leaders and USC President Carol L. Folt present for the occasion.[6]

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.
  5. ^ a b c d "Casa de Rosas Campus".
  6. ^ "Casa de Rosas' Head Start center, housing for homeless celebrated". March 31, 2023.
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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