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The Glenwood Mission Inn, circa
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Presidents, Activists,
Celebrities… Oh My!
Movers and Shakers
at the Mission Inn.
The Glenwood Hotel, circa 1880.
The Glenwood Mission Inn, circa 1905-1910.
President William Howard Taft and his
infamous chair.
President Roosevelt replanting one of Riverside’s parent Navel Orange trees, 1903.
Booker T. Washington stayed at the Mission Inn in 1914, and later wrote Frank Miller about his
stay.*Letter courtesy of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum
Dear Mr. Miller,
When beautiful dreams are realized they enter lives dark as night and change their blackness into light.
Sincerely yoursHelen Keller
March 1915
Other notable visitors include…
John MuirJacob Riis
Susan B. Anthony
Andrew Carnegie
John F. Kennedy visited the Mission Inn as part of a five day Institute of
World Affairs conference in 1940.
He attended while still a student at Harvard,
and drafted summaries for round table
discussions.
Richard and Pat Nixon were married at the Mission Inn,
1940.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan honeymooned at the Inn,
1952.