Sunshine Mission (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California / South Hoover Street, 2600
 shelter, women/girls-only

2600 S. Hoover Street
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 747-7419
Mon-Fri, 9AM-5PM

www.sunshinemission.org/

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.

Established by Sister Essie West -- an understudy of Aimee Semple McPherson -- in 1941, Casa de Rosas is the oldest women's shelter in Los Angeles.
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Coordinates:   34°1'51"N   118°17'1"W
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