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The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that was established in 1891.
The house was built for Calvin A. Boyle, one of the founders of the Hollywood Board of Trade. The house was acquired in 1908 by Edmund H. Barmore, president of the Los Angeles Transfer Company. The house was used in the 1980s as a women's shelter by the Union Rescue Mission. [2]
When single women seeking shelter from the perils of Skid Row began to overwhelm the Union Rescue Mission, the Rev. Andy Bales filled the faith-based center's chapel with cots.. When Los Angeles ...
Door of Hope, which operates four transitional shelters in Pasadena and neighboring cities, is purchasing the 116-year-old house on Marengo Avenue for $1.2 million, more than 20% below its ...
Stewart founded the Pacific Gospel Mission (now the Union Rescue Mission) in 1891. In 1908, Stewart, along with noted Christian author T.C. Horton, founded the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now known as Biola University). [3] [4] In 1917, he donated $4,500 to fund the construction of Stewart Hall at Toccoa Falls College. [5]
Janai's mom found shelter and work at the downtown Union Rescue Mission, but it was more than 23 miles away from Monroe High — more than an hour's drive during peak traffic.
Local officials had applied for federal FEMA funds to help support newly-arrived migrants who have struggled to find housing in the city.
The Sonora Union Rescue Mission opened a building at 608 North Main Street on August 1, 1907, "for the attendance of the Spanish and Mexican population of Los Angeles." The work was "visiting families, those in sickness or sorrow, holding nightly meetings and making the mission a center of family gatherings [and] Sunday school." [24]