L. F. Dow Company Sites

Rose Hill Courts was the smallest of the developments in Los Angeles, CA completed under the city’s New Deal–era public housing program. In 1941-43, the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) constructed 10 public housing developments for $16 million, funded 10% by city bonds and 90% by federal loans from the United States Housing Authority (USHA). Located in the Montecito Heights neighborhood, Rose Hill Courts was completed in 1942. In September 1941, the City of Los Angeles demolished 79 homes, 71 of which were deemed “substandard,” to make way for Rose Hill Courts. Completed in December 1942, the...