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The Mission Inn
Frank Miller's Mission Revival inn, begun with the 1902 Mission Wing and grown to fill a Riverside city block by 1931; a National Historic Landmark.
- Built
- 1902Began as the adobe Glenwood Cottage boarding house (1875-76); Frank A. Miller's Mission Wing by Arthur Benton opened in 1902 (NRHP significant year), and wings were added until the inn filled a city block by 1931.
- Style
- Mission / Spanish Revival
- Architect
- Arthur Benton (1902 Mission Wing); later wings by multiple architects
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Downtown Riverside
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
Civil engineer Christopher Columbus Miller opened the adobe Glenwood Cottage as a boarding house in the 1870s, and his son Frank A. Miller made its adobe bricks and later took it over. In 1902 Miller opened the Mission Wing by Arthur Benton, renaming the business the Glenwood Mission Inn and then the Mission Inn, and he kept building until it covered a whole city block by 1931. After Miller’s death in 1935 his daughter Allis Hutchings ran it until 1956; the City of Riverside’s redevelopment agency later bought it and set up the Mission Inn Foundation.
Good to know
- Address: 3649 Mission Inn Ave, Riverside, CA 92501
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.