Mission Inn

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The Mission Inn is a historic hotel in downtown Riverside, California. It is usually called the largest Mission Revival building in the United States, though it mixes many styles. Frank Augustus Miller built it up bit by bit from 1880 until he died in 1935.

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At a glance

Country: United States
Location: Riverside, USA
Built: 1903

Quick answers

Where is Mission Inn?

Mission Inn is in Riverside, USA, United States.

When was Mission Inn built?

Mission Inn was built in 1903.

A Mission Revival landmark hotel of bell walls, arcades and red-tile roofs.

He borrowed ideas from California missions and European castles and collected antiques and art on his travels. The result is a maze of arcades, towers, domes, bell walls and red-tile roofs. It belongs to Historic Hotels of America and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Over time it grew from a small boarding house into a maze of narrow passageways, patios and towers.

From a small boarding house to a hotel

It began as an adobe boarding house called Glenwood Cottage, built by Christopher Columbus Miller. The first paying guest arrived on 22 November 1876. His son Frank bought it in 1880. California's citrus boom soon brought wealthy visitors.

In 1902 Frank renamed it the Glenwood Mission Inn and kept adding new parts in many styles. Riverside itself is known as the birthplace of the California citrus industry.

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The inn has a five-story rotunda, a medieval-style clock, castle towers, minarets, flying buttresses and a Garden of Bells with more than 800 bells. The St. Francis Chapel holds eight Tiffany stained-glass windows from 1906.

The Famous Fliers' Wall honours aviators, with signatures on copper wings. Richard and Pat Nixon were married in what is now the Presidential Lounge. The Cloister Wing even has an underground walk.