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Style 101: Monterey Revival

The Monterey Revival style, named for Monterey, CA (where it is most prevalent) is one of the few styles born in America. In the early 18th century, Californians blended Spanish colonial and New England colonial styles into something new. These buildings were two stories, built of adobe, and featured prominent second-story balconies or two-story front porches. This […]

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Style 101: Mission Revival

The Mission Revival style was born in California in the early 1890s, when the California Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition was constructed in a style that recalled the Spanish mission architecture of California’s past. Mission Revival architecture was further popularized when the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific rail companies built depots and stations in […]

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Style 101: Tudor Revival

The Tudor Revival style seems to recall a romanticized image of village architecture and the picturesque beauty of England in the time of the Tudors (1485 to 1603) but in fact is very different from true Tudor period architecture. When the revival style became popular in America in the early 20th century, American architects introduced features that […]

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