Frank Miller and the Mission Inn: A Center of Cultural Diversity in Riverside

The Mission Inn Hotel, formerly the Glenwood Hotel, during its early years under Frank A. Miller.

Riverside’s Chinatown, located near the intersection of Brockton and Tequesquite.

A Chinese employee of the Mission Inn. Frank A. Miller openly defied the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Frank Miller collected and exhibited artifacts, such as the Nanjing Bell, that demonstrate his appreciation for Chinese art and culture.

The Harada Family and the Washington Restaurant

The Harada House was made a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

Frank Miller and Booker T. Washington standing atop Mount Rubidoux during Washington’s visit in 1914.

Letters from Booker T. Washington to Frank Miller. *Letters courtesy of the Riverside Metropolitan Museum

In 1929, Miller was honored by the Japanese emperor in a ceremony at the Mission Inn where he received the Fourth Degree of Merit of Meiji with the Small Order of the Rising Sun.

The Court of the Orient – Just a sampling of Frank Miller’s collections from Japan and China.

The Mission Inn’s Rotunda Wing, shortly after completion in 1931.