Some of the architecture in the 1920-1930 included:
Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
1890-1915/1915-1940\
Monterey Revival
1915-1940
Period Revivals
1920-1940
Art Deco
1925-1940
About some of the different types of architecture:
Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
1890-1915/1915-1940
Characterizing features:
• Low-pitched, hip or gable roof with a flat roof on the
back portion of the building behind a parapet
• Red tile roof material
• Plaster and stucco siding
• Recessed arched windows/doors or Arcades
• Few openings and/or
large focal window
• Decorative iron work, carved stonework
• Indoor/Outdoor tie (courtyard)
• Glazed tile decoration
• Decorated chimney tops
• Occasional dome, or round or square towers
• Scalloped parapets (only for Mission)
• Small balconies (only for Mission)
Spreading beyond the California coastal town of its origin and namesake,
the Monterey style of Spanish Colonial architecture
was expressed mostly in haciendas for the large ranchos
throughout the state between 1840 and 1860. During its era,
the Monterey style reflected the
addition of Federal and Greek
revival stylistic wood details to
the earlier Spanish Colonial
adobe structures.
Monterey Revival
1915-1940
Characterizing features:
• Low gable or hip roof
• Shingle or tile roofing
• Stucco siding (occasionally brick or wood)
• Rectangular volumes
• Large paned recessed windows
• Two Story
• Projecting second story balcony
• Wood railings and columns
• Shutters
Spreading beyond the California coastal town of its origin and
namesake, the Monterey style of Spanish Colonial architecture
was expressed mostly in haciendas for the large ranchos
throughout the state between 1840 and 1860. During its era,
the Monterey style reflected th
e addition of Federal and Greek
revival stylistic wood details to
the earlier Spanish Colonial
adobe structures.
Period Revivals
1920-1940
Characterizing features:
• High Intersecting gable and hip roofs
• False thatched roof material
• Half-timbering over plaster or brick walls
• Multi-paned casement windows
• Arched entryway
• Tall Chimney
• Prominent Landscape
Art Deco
1925-1940
Characterizing features:
• Flat roof
• Smooth Geometric
• Volumes
• Recessed windows
• Receding center tower
• Monumentality
• Verticality
• Zig-Zag, geometric ornamentation
• Symmetry
Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
1890-1915/1915-1940\
Monterey Revival
1915-1940
Period Revivals
1920-1940
Art Deco
1925-1940
About some of the different types of architecture:
Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival
1890-1915/1915-1940
Characterizing features:
• Low-pitched, hip or gable roof with a flat roof on the
back portion of the building behind a parapet
• Red tile roof material
• Plaster and stucco siding
• Recessed arched windows/doors or Arcades
• Few openings and/or
large focal window
• Decorative iron work, carved stonework
• Indoor/Outdoor tie (courtyard)
• Glazed tile decoration
• Decorated chimney tops
• Occasional dome, or round or square towers
• Scalloped parapets (only for Mission)
• Small balconies (only for Mission)
Spreading beyond the California coastal town of its origin and namesake,
the Monterey style of Spanish Colonial architecture
was expressed mostly in haciendas for the large ranchos
throughout the state between 1840 and 1860. During its era,
the Monterey style reflected the
addition of Federal and Greek
revival stylistic wood details to
the earlier Spanish Colonial
adobe structures.
Monterey Revival
1915-1940
Characterizing features:
• Low gable or hip roof
• Shingle or tile roofing
• Stucco siding (occasionally brick or wood)
• Rectangular volumes
• Large paned recessed windows
• Two Story
• Projecting second story balcony
• Wood railings and columns
• Shutters
Spreading beyond the California coastal town of its origin and
namesake, the Monterey style of Spanish Colonial architecture
was expressed mostly in haciendas for the large ranchos
throughout the state between 1840 and 1860. During its era,
the Monterey style reflected th
e addition of Federal and Greek
revival stylistic wood details to
the earlier Spanish Colonial
adobe structures.
Period Revivals
1920-1940
Characterizing features:
• High Intersecting gable and hip roofs
• False thatched roof material
• Half-timbering over plaster or brick walls
• Multi-paned casement windows
• Arched entryway
• Tall Chimney
• Prominent Landscape
Art Deco
1925-1940
Characterizing features:
• Flat roof
• Smooth Geometric
• Volumes
• Recessed windows
• Receding center tower
• Monumentality
• Verticality
• Zig-Zag, geometric ornamentation
• Symmetry