{"nrhp_refnum":"71000173","name":"Mission Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3649 7th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Riverside","county":"Riverside County","state":"CA","lat":33.983204749000066,"lon":-117.37283264442141,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-05-14","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-05-05","areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A hotel complex at 3649 Seventh Street in Riverside, California, that grew from a 12-room adobe guest house opened in 1876 into the Mission Revival Mission Inn, developed by Frank Miller beginning in 1902.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest examples of hotels built during California's great hotel era of the 1890s and early 1900s. It is described as one of the earliest Mission Revival buildings, one that set a trend across Southern California. Its collection of art and artifacts gathered from around the world has long drawn tourists, and it is described as the identifying landmark of Riverside.","narrative":"Mission Inn in Riverside, California, began in 1876 as a 12-room adobe guest house called Glenwood Cottage. It grew through several names into Glenwood Hotel. Starting in 1902, Frank Miller, aided by Henry E. Huntington and others, built the first Mission Revival portion around the older adobe, followed by arcades modeled on San Juan Capistrano, the Cloister wing in 1910, a Spanish wing along Sixth Street, and a rotunda facing the St. Francis Chapel. The nomination describes it as one of the finest hotels from California's great hotel era and as one of the earliest Mission Revival works, helping set a trend across Southern California. Miller filled it with art and objects collected on travels abroad, and the inn became a tourist draw and the city's best-known landmark. California designated it Historical Landmark No. 761 in 1961. When the nomination was prepared, the inn was occupied, in fair condition, and needed repairs, while local residents organized to preserve it.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Frank Miller (builder/developer); an unnamed architect retained almost full time by Miller","architectural_style":"Mission Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied; described as needing some repairs and refurnishings. Its future was uncertain amid financial trouble and a preservation campaign.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.139569-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/71000173.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000173/8e3319d253-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000173/8e3319d253-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"C. C. Pierce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterior_view_of_the_Frank_Miller%27s_Glenwood_Mission_Inn_(hotel),_Riverside,_ca.1910_(CHS-5259).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">C. C. Pierce</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exterior_view_of_the_Frank_Miller%27s_Glenwood_Mission_Inn_(hotel),_Riverside,_ca.1910_(CHS-5259).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mission_Inn_Hotel_%26_Spa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1920529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/riverside-county/mission-inn-71000173/"}