Spanish Colonial Revival

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architectural style revival architecture

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.

Aliases (6)

Spanish Colonial Revival architecture ×11
Mission Revival architecture ×6
Mediterranean Revival architecture ×5
California Spanish architecture ×1
Spanish Colonial Revival style ×1
Spanish Revival ×1

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural style → revival architecture →
countryOfOrigin	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 style → Spanish Eclectic → 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	Andalusian architecture → Baroque architecture → Mediterranean architecture → Mission Revival architecture → Moorish architecture → Renaissance Revival architecture → Spanish Colonial architecture →
ornamentationType	iron balconies and grilles →
peakPopularity	between World War I and World War II →
relatedStyle	Mediterranean Revival architecture → 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	American Southwest → California → Florida → Los Angeles → San Diego → Santa Barbara → Southern California → Texas →
windowType	multi-light casement windows →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles ("Mission Revival architecture") → Arlington Theatre ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue → California Building (Balboa Park) ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens → Casa del Desierto ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → City Hall (Pasadena) → Country Club Plaza ("Mediterranean Revival architecture") → Harvey House Railroad Depot ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument ("Mediterranean Revival architecture") → Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel → Honolulu Museum of Art ("Mediterranean Revival architecture") → John C. Austin → La Casa Pacifica → Old Pasadena ("Mission Revival architecture") → Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix) → Palm Beach Historic District ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Pasadena Playhouse → Royal Hawaiian Hotel ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Santa Barbara City Hall ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Santa Barbara County Courthouse → Sheridan-Kalorama ("Mediterranean Revival architecture") → St. Vincent de Paul Church, Los Angeles → Tampa Theatre ("Mediterranean Revival architecture") → Whitley Heights → Wrigley Building →	architecturalStyle
Arlington Heights, Los Angeles → Balboa Park ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") → Balboa Park ("Mission Revival architecture") → Hancock Park → Jefferson Park Historic District → The American Riviera →	hasArchitecturalStyle
Mission Revival → Pueblo Revival architecture ("Mission Revival architecture") → Spanish Colonial Revival ("Mission Revival architecture") →	relatedStyle
Spanish Colonial Revival ("Spanish Colonial Revival style") → Spanish Colonial Revival ("Spanish Revival") →	hasAlternativeName
Panama–California Exposition ("Mission Revival architecture") →	architecturalStylePromoted
Hollywood Heights ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") →	hasArchitectureStyle
Colonial Revival →	hasPart
Californios ("California Spanish architecture") →	influenced
Santa Barbara, California, United States ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") →	knownFor
Santa Barbara →	primaryArchitecturalStyle
Spanish Baroque Revival ("Spanish Colonial Revival architecture") →	relatedTo