Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture

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A private home built in the style.

The Spanish Colonial Revival Style was a United States architectural movement that came about in the early 20th century after the opening of the Panama Canal and the overwhelming success of the novel Ramona. Based on the Spanish Colonial style architecture that dominated in the early Spanish colonies of both North and South America, Spanish Colonial Revival updated these forms for a new century. The movement enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1915 and 1931 and was most often exhibited in single-level detached houses.

1 History
2 Structural form
3 List of example structures
4 Gallery
5 See also
6 References

[edit] History

Spanish Colonial Revival architecture shares many elements with the very closely-related Mission Revival and Pueblo styles of the West and Southwest, and is strongly informed by the same Arts & Crafts Movement that was behind those architectural styles. Characterized by a combination of detail from several eras of Spanish and Mexican architecture, the style is marked by the prodigious use of smooth plaster (stucco) wall and chimney finishes, low-pitched clay tile, shed, or flat roofs, and terra cotta or cast concrete ornaments. Other characteristics typically include small porches or balconies, Roman or semi-circular arcades and fenestration, wood casement or tall, double–hung windows, canvas awnings, and decorative iron trim. Probably the most famous Spanish Colonial Revival Architect in California was George Washington Smith who practiced during the 1920s and 30s. Perhaps his most famous house is the Steedman House in Montecito, CA, now a museum called the Casa del Herrero

[edit] Structural form

Rectangular or L-plan
Horizontal massing
Predominantly one-story
Interior or exterior courtyards
Asymmetrical shape with cross-gables and side wings

[edit] List of example structures

Quapaw Baths

Casa del Herrero (George Washington Smith House)
Casa Dracaena (George Washington Smith house) completed in 1918.
Alice Lynch Residence in Los Angeles, California, completed in 1922
Quapaw Baths building in Bathhouse Row, Hot Springs, Arkansas, completed in 1922
Casa de las Campañas in Los Angeles, California, completed in 1928
C.E. Toberman Estate in West Hollywood, California, completed in 1924
Frank H. Upham House in Altadena, California, completed in 1928
La Casa Nueva in City of Industry, California, completed in 1927
Serralles Castle in Ponce, Puerto Rico, completed in the 1930s
William S. Hart Residence in Newhall, California, completed in early 1920s
Gaylord Suites in San Francisco, California, completed in 1928
Randolph Air Force Base (various structures) near San Antonio, Texas, designed in 1929
Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama, a 1926 residential development in Homewood, Alabama
El Capitan Theatre, Hollywood (built in 1928)
Death Valley Ranch, also known as Scotty's Castle, a landmark in Death Valley National Park, which was begun in 1922 and had construction on the original design continue sporadically as late as 1943.
Scripps College in Claremont, California, a women's college established in 1926.

[edit] Gallery

William S. Hart's “La Loma de los Vientos”, a 22-room house atop a prominent hill in Newhall, California, designed by architect Arthur R. Kelly and built between 1924 and 1928