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Casa del Herrero (also known as the Steedman Estate) is a historic house museum and botanical garden located in Montecito near Santa Barbara, California.It was designed by George Washington Smith, and is considered one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States of America. [3]
The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century Spanish missions in California. It is sometimes termed California Mission Revival, particularly when ...
The first known example of the style is the Larkin House in Monterey, California, built by Thomas O. Larkin in 1835. The largest example of the style is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, begun by Mariano Vallejo in Petaluma, California, in 1836. Revivals of the style have been popular in the 20th century, substituting wood framing or brick for adobe.
Many Craftsman and other style influenced California bungalow houses were popular and built nationwide into the 1930s. Very large and well detailed custom residences are described as ultimate bungalows, such as the works by Greene and Greene in California. Examples include: the Gamble House in Pasadena, and the Thorsen House in Berkeley.
The Victorian-era, Queen Anne-style home featured gorgeous original details like hand-carved woodwork, stained-glass windows, an aviary, and a grand curved staircase. It was listed on the National ...
Sowden wanted a house that would be a showplace where he could entertain his friends in the Hollywood film community, [9] but only lived in the house for a few years, perhaps due to the negative criticism of its architectural style at the time. The house was sold in 1930 to Ruth Rand Barnett, and again in 1936, 1944 and 1945.
The Southern Colonial is typically set back a wider distance from the road to create a feeling of stately elegance. The Georgetown building offers a great example of the Southern Colonial style of architecture in southern California, with a wide setback covered with grass, cut by a running brick walkway leading to wide, crown-molded double doors.
Spanish Colonial architecture in California (4 C, 24 P, 2 F) Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in California (1 C, 170 P) Spanish Revival architecture in California (48 P)