Spanish Colonial Revival

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Spanish Colonial Revival is an early 20th-century architectural style that reinterprets historic Spanish and Mediterranean forms through features like stucco walls, red tile roofs, and ornamental ironwork, especially popular in the American Southwest and California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
revival architecture
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designGoal create indoor–outdoor living connections
evoke historic Spanish colonial architecture
provide shade and cooling
developedInPeriod early 20th century
doorType heavy wooden doors
emergedAfterEvent Panama–California Exposition
Panama–Pacific International Exposition
flourishedInDecade 1920s
1930s
hasAlternativeName Spanish Colonial Revival
surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival style

Spanish Eclectic
Spanish Colonial Revival
surface form: Spanish Revival
hasCharacteristic arcades and colonnades
arched doorways
arched windows
asymmetrical facades
courtyard fountains
courtyards and patios
decorative entry surrounds
decorative grilles and window bars
decorative plasterwork
decorative tile work
deeply recessed openings
elaborate door hardware
exposed wooden beams
integrated landscape courtyards
loggias
low garden walls
low-pitched gabled or hipped roofs
multi-level rooflines
ornamental chimneys
ornamental ironwork
ornamental tile stair risers
parapet walls
plaster interior walls
red clay tile roofs
shaded outdoor living spaces
small-paned casement windows
smooth wall surfaces
stucco exterior walls
tower-like elements
wrought-iron balconies
hasNotableExample California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego
Santa Barbara County Courthouse
resort hotels in Southern California
influencedBy Islamic Spain
surface form: Andalusian architecture

Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Mediterranean architecture
Mission Revival architecture
Moorish architecture
Italian Renaissance Revival
surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture

Spanish Colonial architecture
ornamentationType iron balconies and grilles
peakPopularity between World War I and World War II
relatedStyle Mediterranean architecture
surface form: Mediterranean Revival architecture

Spanish Colonial Revival self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mission Revival architecture

Pueblo Revival architecture
Spanish Baroque Revival
roofType low-pitched red tile roof
timeOfOrigin circa 1915
typicalClimate Mediterranean climates
warm climates
typicalMaterial ceramic tile
clay roof tile
stucco
wood
wrought iron
usedFor churches
civic buildings
hotels
institutional buildings
residential buildings
resorts
schools
wallFinish white or light-colored stucco
wasPopularInRegion southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

California, United States
surface form: California

Florida
Los Angeles
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Southern California
Texas
windowType multi-light casement windows

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Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Country Club Plaza architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Revival architecture
Spanish Colonial Revival hasAlternativeName Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival style
Spanish Colonial Revival hasAlternativeName Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Revival
Spanish Colonial Revival relatedStyle Spanish Colonial Revival self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mission Revival architecture
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Santa Barbara, California, United States knownFor Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Honolulu Museum of Art architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Revival architecture
Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument (Hearst Castle) architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
subject surface form: Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Revival architecture
Balboa Park hasArchitecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Balboa Park hasArchitecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mission Revival architecture
Wrigley Building architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Tampa Theatre architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Revival architecture
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mission Revival architecture
Pueblo Revival architecture relatedStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mission Revival architecture
Santa Barbara County Courthouse architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Panama–California Exposition architecturalStylePromoted Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mission Revival architecture
California Building in Balboa Park, San Diego architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
subject surface form: California Building (Balboa Park)
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Spanish Baroque Revival relatedTo Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Californios influenced Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: California Spanish architecture
Sheridan-Kalorama architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Revival architecture
Orpheum Theatre architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
subject surface form: Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix)
Old Pasadena architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Mission Revival architecture
Santa Barbara City Hall architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Arlington Theatre architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Pasadena Playhouse architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
City Hall (Pasadena) architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
The American Riviera hasArchitecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival hasPart Spanish Colonial Revival
Arlington Heights, Los Angeles hasArchitecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Santa Barbara primaryArchitecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Royal Hawaiian Hotel architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Hancock Park hasArchitecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Hollywood Heights hasArchitectureStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Whitley Heights architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Palm Beach Historic District architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Harvey House Railroad Depot architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
John C. Austin architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
La Casa Pacifica (Nixon’s Western White House) architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
subject surface form: La Casa Pacifica
Mission Revival relatedStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Casa del Desierto architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
City Hall of Beverly Hills architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Revival
Jefferson Park, Los Angeles hasArchitectureStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Casitas architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
La Cuesta Encantada architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
Kelso Depot architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival
this entity surface form: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Fox Village Theatre architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial Revival