Courtyard At The Inn
by Joseph Hollingsworth
Title
Courtyard At The Inn
Artist
Joseph Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
The Mission Inn Hotel began as a quaint adobe boarding house in 1876, and blossomed into a full-service hotel in the early 1900s. The Mission Inn houses the oldest bell in Christendom, dating back to 1247. The Mission inn has played host to U.S. Presidents, celebrities and served as the setting in may Hollywood productions, such as 1915’s “The Vampire”, 1938’s “Idiot’s Delight”, and 1997’s “Man in the Iron Mask”. Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, Hoover, Nixon, Reagan and Bush Jr; social leaders such as Booker T. Washington, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein, Helen Keller and John Muir; and entertainers including Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin have all stayed, dined and relaxed at The Mission Inn throughout its storied, nearly 150-year history.
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July 26th, 2017
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Mary Ann Weger
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