California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego

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historic building landmark museum building

The California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego is a landmark early-20th-century structure renowned for its ornate tower and façade, which helped popularize Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States.

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Surface form	Occurrences
California Building (Balboa Park)	0

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ landmark ⓘ museum building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Spanish Baroque Revival ⓘ surface form: Churrigueresque Spanish Colonial Revival ⓘ surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
associatedWithEvent	Panama–California Exposition ⓘ surface form: Panama–California Exposition (1915–1917)
city	San Diego ⓘ
constructedFor	Panama–California Exposition ⓘ
constructionMaterial	reinforced concrete ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	museum building ⓘ
decorativeElement	colorful tilework ⓘ sculptural ornament ⓘ
designedBy	Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue ⓘ surface form: Bertram Goodhue Carleton Winslow Sr. ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
exteriorFinish	stucco ⓘ
formerName	San Diego Museum of Us ⓘ surface form: San Diego Museum of Man building
function	exposition building ⓘ
hasClock	yes ⓘ
hasObservationDeck	California Tower ⓘ surface form: California Tower observation deck
hasPart	California Tower ⓘ dome ⓘ ornate façade ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District contributing property ⓘ
heritageStatus	contributing property to Balboa Park Historic District ⓘ
houses	San Diego Museum of Us ⓘ
influenced	popularity of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Diego ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
location	Balboa Park ⓘ
notableFor	Spanish Colonial Revival ornamentation ⓘ ornate façade ⓘ ornate tower ⓘ
openingYear	1915 ⓘ
partOf	Balboa Park ⓘ surface form: Balboa Park historic core California Quadrangle ⓘ
region	Southern California ⓘ
roofFeature	tiled dome ⓘ
significance	iconic symbol of Balboa Park ⓘ iconic symbol of San Diego ⓘ
styleInfluence	Mexican Colonial architecture ⓘ Spanish Baroque Revival ⓘ surface form: Spanish Baroque
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
towerName	California Tower ⓘ
usedFor	anthropological exhibits ⓘ cultural exhibitions ⓘ
yearCompleted	1915 ⓘ

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