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The Spanish colonial style of architecture dominated in the early Spanish colonies of North and South America, and were also somewhat visible in its other colonies. It is sometimes marked by the contrast between the simple, solid construction demanded by the new environment and the Baroque ornamentation exported from Spain.
For Spanish Gothic, Renaissance, or Baroque - Revival styles of architecture in the United States see: Category: Spanish Revival architecture in the United States Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Mission Revival architecture at San Diego State University, California. Mission/Spanish Revival is an amalgam of two distinct styles popular in different but adjacent eras: the primarily late-19th-century Mission Revival Style architecture and early-20th-century (and later) Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. The combined term, or the ...
The Cape Cod style homes were a common home in the early 17th of New England colonists, these homes featured a simple, rectangular shape commonly used by colonists. [3] Dutch Colonial structures, built primarily in the Hudson River Valley , Long Island , and northern New Jersey , reflected construction styles from Holland and Flanders and used ...
It turns out, the list of America's best historic homes is longer than you think! From the Vanderbilt family's jaw-dropping Rhode Island mansion to Ernest Hemingway's Floridian pad (complete with ...
American architects further developed this style in the Philippines, modernizing the buildings with American amenities. The best example of the Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and California mission style is the famed Manila Hotel designed by William E. Parsons and built in 1909. Other examples exist throughout the country such as Gota de ...
Coquina is a limestone conglomerate, containing small shells of mollusks. It was used in the construction of residential homes, the City Gate, the Cathedral Basilica, the Castillo de San Marcos, and Fort Matanzas. The city of St. Augustine is one of the rare vestiges of 17th-century Spanish colonial architecture in the present day United States.
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (6 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Spanish Colonial architecture" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.