The Spanish-Mexican of every degree and calling, from the tamale maker to the skilled musician, the Italian frescoer and sculptor, the Frenchman, German and the Assyrian are all visitors to the settlement house.

"[9] For three years a growing social work was under way, and the group responsible for the effort was greatly encouraged and hopeful.

Spanish-Mexican, Italian, French, Basque, Syrian, Slavonian, at different periods set up their Penates on Buena Vista Street or in Lopez Court.

[1] After renting quarters at various points in the district north of the Plaza, adjacent to North Broadway, in 1897, a house was occupied in the pueblo[3] in Sonoratown at the corner of Alpine and Castelar Streets and a settlement house with resident workers was established.

[5][10] In that year, a deposit station of the Los Angeles Public Library opened at the settlement.

Many of the public departments in the City of Los Angeles owed their development to the initiative and cooperation of these settlement workers.