Casa de Rosas
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Casa de Rosas | |
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Casa de Rosas, May 2008 | |
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| Location | 2600 S. Hoover Street, West Adams, Los Angeles, California |
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| Coordinates | 34°1′48″N 118°16′55″W / 34.03000°N 118.28194°WCoordinates: 34°1′48″N 118°16′55″W / 34.03000°N 118.28194°W |
| Built | 1893 |
| Architect | Sumner P. Hunt; et al. |
| Architectural style | Mission Revival, Spanish Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 04000679[1] |
| LAHCM # | 241 |
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| Added to NRHP | July 14, 2004 |
| Designated LAHCM | April 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. The building was designed by Sumner P. Hunt and built in 1893. 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.
Front entrance of Casa de Rosas
See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
- List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in South Los Angeles
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
- ↑ Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
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