Historic Mission Inn - Riverside CA
Dec 25, 2023 14:56:41 #
We stayed at the Mission Inn Friday and Saturday night. They’re famous in our area for their Parade of Lights display. Thousands of folks line up every year and walk thru the gardens and pool area surrounded by the seemingly millions of lights. All along the outside of the mission they have moving characters and lights in the windows and alcoves. I only took a few photos as I was celebrating a birthday and was having way too much fun with our gathering of friends and family.
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Looking to the front of the Inn from an upper terrace
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The inner courtyard with a view of Authors Row
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The chapel - our rooms were the ones above it
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The courtyard outside of the Alhambra room and an entry to Authors Row
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Dec 25, 2023 19:46:44 #
NMGal wrote:
Really nice.
Thank you. It was fun and adventurous.
Dec 25, 2023 19:56:39 #
johnny1950 wrote:
Great shots. Beautiful place. Happy Birthday.
Johnny
Johnny
Thank you. It’s an interesting mix of architecture with loads of imagination thrown in. The entry is pretty nice looking too.
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Dec 25, 2023 21:29:08 #
She did a great job capturing the entrance with all the lights and ammenities. Makes you feel like you are there
Johnny
Johnny
Dec 26, 2023 08:11:20 #
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Dec 26, 2023 14:24:21 #
Thank you all!
It’s a unique experience staying there. So much history and architecture to absorb, it is just amazing. Mission Inn also has an eventful history of presidential visits and even one president, Richard Nixon, got married there.
Here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia:
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For 120 years, the Mission Inn has been the center of Riverside, host to U.S. Presidents, celebrities, a number of seasonal and holiday functions, as well as occasional political functions and other major social gatherings.[8] Pat and Richard Nixon were married in what is now the Presidential Lounge, Nancy and Ronald Reagan honeymooned there, and eight other U.S. presidents have visited the inn: Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and George W. Bush.[9]
Social leaders who have stopped at the Mission Inn include Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Huntington, Albert Einstein, Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Hubert H. Bancroft, Harry Chandler, Booker T. Washington, Helen Keller and John Muir.
The list of entertainers who have toured the inn is extensive. Lillian Russell, Sarah Bernhardt and Harry Houdini were early visitors to Frank Miller's hotel. Other guests have included actors such as Ethel Barrymore, Charles Boyer, Eddie Cantor, Mary Pickford, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis (who was married at the inn in 1945), W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Fess Parker, James Brolin and Barbra Streisand, Raquel Welch and Drew Barrymore. Other celebrities such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard and Tears for Fears have stopped by.[citation needed] Noted Jazz bassist, Henry Franklin, played a regular five-night gig for over a decade at The Mission Inn until 2011.
The inn continues to be a getaway for notable individuals to this day. Arnold Schwarzenegger has stayed there during his tenure as governor of California and the Osbournes have paid a visit in the past few years
It’s a unique experience staying there. So much history and architecture to absorb, it is just amazing. Mission Inn also has an eventful history of presidential visits and even one president, Richard Nixon, got married there.
Here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia:
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For 120 years, the Mission Inn has been the center of Riverside, host to U.S. Presidents, celebrities, a number of seasonal and holiday functions, as well as occasional political functions and other major social gatherings.[8] Pat and Richard Nixon were married in what is now the Presidential Lounge, Nancy and Ronald Reagan honeymooned there, and eight other U.S. presidents have visited the inn: Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and George W. Bush.[9]
Social leaders who have stopped at the Mission Inn include Susan B. Anthony, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Henry Huntington, Albert Einstein, Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst, Hubert H. Bancroft, Harry Chandler, Booker T. Washington, Helen Keller and John Muir.
The list of entertainers who have toured the inn is extensive. Lillian Russell, Sarah Bernhardt and Harry Houdini were early visitors to Frank Miller's hotel. Other guests have included actors such as Ethel Barrymore, Charles Boyer, Eddie Cantor, Mary Pickford, Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis (who was married at the inn in 1945), W.C. Fields, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy, Fess Parker, James Brolin and Barbra Streisand, Raquel Welch and Drew Barrymore. Other celebrities such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard and Tears for Fears have stopped by.[citation needed] Noted Jazz bassist, Henry Franklin, played a regular five-night gig for over a decade at The Mission Inn until 2011.
The inn continues to be a getaway for notable individuals to this day. Arnold Schwarzenegger has stayed there during his tenure as governor of California and the Osbournes have paid a visit in the past few years
Dec 26, 2023 15:49:46 #
Dec 27, 2023 06:16:44 #
That looks like a really intereting place to experience. #2 image is my favorite.
Dec 27, 2023 13:35:43 #
Fstop12 wrote:
That looks like a really intereting place to experience. #2 image is my favorite.
It is quite interesting. The courtyard looks spectacular in person
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