The orphanage was founded by Mother (Frances Xavier) Cabrini, 1850-1916, the patron saint of immigrants and the first American citizen to be named a Roman Catholic saint. When she visited Los Angeles, she lived in the orphanage complex and prayed in the grotto partially visible here. When the grotto was demolished in 1997, the stones were placed on the grounds of the Villa Scalabrini Retirement Center in Sun Valley in the saint's honor. Prior to being an orphanage, the main building on this property was known as "Edgemont," the estate owned by Julie Barnum, wife of Joseph W. Robinson. Ruins of a stone grotto, built in 1905, on the former grounds of the Regina Coeli Orphanage at 610 N. Hill Street. Downtown office buildings are present in the background.
Regina Coeli (Orphanage : Los Angeles, Calif.) Orphanages--California--Los Angeles Grottoes (Garden structures)--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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