THE MIRADOR HOTEL

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View 1 of El Mirador Hotel, located at 1150 North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Photograph shows Aimee Semple McPherson with new husband David Hutton, an actor and musician, outside the landmark hotel. McPherson wears a black dress, tan headwrap, and long, tan fur coat Sutton wears a dark gray 3-piece suit and tan hat. The main hotel building and landmark tower are visible in the background, with two automobiles parked in front of it.El Mirador, roughly translated as "The Watchtower", had its gala opening on New Year's Eve 1927. The 200-room hotel was built by a cattle rancher-turned-real estate investor named Prescott Thresher Stevens at a cost of $1 million - a staggering sum in that era. Los Angeles architects Walker & Eisen designed the Spanish-Colonial Revival style hotel, which featured 1,500 beds arranged in suites, ballrooms, and corridors, and had lavish guest rooms with hand-carved furniture and sun decks.