This exhibit will showcase a collection of rarely seen photographs, documents and artifacts of life at The Miramar as the Jones home and a hotel, will illustrate the rich tapestry of this landmark and the attraction it held for its earliest inhabitants and guests.
The images and documents in this exhibition are from the start point of open space (circa 1874) deed of land purchase by Senator Jones from Col. Baker. The Miramar served as a center of activities and social gatherings of the Jones and notable guests, pageants and outdoors theatricals which continued after The Miramar became a hotel, in 1924, transformation of landscape, city development up through 1890’s till Senator Jones death in 1912.
