Days of Peace and Rest at The Glenwood
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Booklet and pictures courtesy of
Dick Blacher.
If you have questions you can email
pkjjack@roycroftbooks.org
Days of Peace and Rest at
The Glenwood
By Those Who Knew
both editions, 1907
These booklets each measure 6" x 4 5/8" and
have 18 numbered pages. The bottom one was commissioned by Chester F. Hardon,
the Eastern Representative for Carisa Chemical Company of Boston Mass.
The Glenwood Mission Inn was developed from the Glenwood Tavern,
owned by Captain Christopher Columbus Miller, who moved to Riverside in 1874 to
survey land for the Gage Canal, which brought water to Riverside. His son Frank
Augustus Miller, 1857 - 1935 developed a lasting interest in culture and the
arts and took over the expansion of the Inn. Over the years he embellished and
expanded it into a unique resort known all over the world. It has played host to
numerous movie stars, musicians and heads of state. The Reagan's honeymooned
there, the Nixon's were married on its grounds. Teddy Roosevelt planted a tree
in its courtyard, and a special chair built for 300 pound William Howard Taft
when he visited is still in the Inn's collection.
Thumbnails of the Inn
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