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The first SD&A through passenger train arrives at San Diego's Union Station passenger terminal on December 1, 1919 to officially open the line
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The magnificent complex was designed by San Francisco architects Bakewell & Brown as a "monumental reminder" of California's Spanish heritage. The Mission Revival styling reflects the colonial Spanish history of the state, and was intended to harmonize with the Spanish Colonial Revival Style buildings of the Exposition.[2] The size and grandeur far surpassed anything the Santa Fe had ever built in the West. The new edifice featured a covered concourse some 650 feet (198.1 m) long by 106 feet (32.3 m) wide, with a main waiting room measuring 170 feet by 55 feet. A 27-foot by 650-foot-long arcade connected the passenger terminal with the baggage and express rooms.[3] An enlarged bus depot was installed in the southeast portico in 1942.[4]
The massive arch of the front entrance is flanked by twin campaniles, each topped by a colorful tile-covered dome and displaying Santa Fe's blue "cross" emblem on all four sides. The structure draws much more heavily from the architecturally distinctive Spanish, Moorish, and Mexican lines exhibited by the Mission San Luís Rey de Francia (located in the town of Oceanside in north San Diego County) than it does from the nearby Mission San Diego de Alcalá, some nine miles away. The grand interior space of the depot features natural redwood beam ceilings, highlighted by walls covered with brightly-colored ceramic tiles.
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The San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, a classic example of the style, was built between 1921 and 1927 as the "Mission Playhouse" under the guidance of poet, Los Angeles Times columnist, and author John Steven McGroarty specifically as a venue for his production of The Mission Play which chronicled the history of California, and under the benefaction of a syndicate of The Mission Playhouse Corporation and The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. The structure, modeled after the Mission San Antonio de Padua in Monterey County, was originally designed by architect Arthur Benton after sketches by McGroarty but completed by architect William J. Dodd who took over and redesigned the auditorium in 1926 to the newest engineering specifications when Benton became terminally ill. Dodd completed the auditorium in time for the opening of the "Mission Play" season on March 5, 1927.
Historic mission churches built by Spanish colonists inspired the turn-of-the-century house style known as Mission, Spanish Mission, or California Mission.
Spanish Mission Style Architecture
The Quatrefoil Window
by Jay on August 4, 2008
When guests arrive here at the Estate, most enter directly through our courtyard. It is one of the most beautiful entrances in wine country. Designed in the Spanish Mission style, the winery was completed in 1984 but it looks like it’s been here for centuries. High above the wooden doors leading into the cellar is the Quatrefoil Window. This is the symbol of our winery. When the sun hits it just right, light will come streaming into barrel room from above in the shape of four symetrical overlapping circles. The quatrefoil was most popular during the Gothic Revival and Renaissance periods and can also be seen in Moorish architecture. I think the most important element of the quatrefoil and the reason it represents our company is because it symbolizes balance and symmetry in Nature. Our wines are not examples of unrestrained hedonism and decadence but rather order, elegance and subtle beauty. It is this same beauty that is found in flowers, bee hives and in sunflowers. The Quatrefoil Window gently reminds us of that purpose.
High Style Spanish Revival in Santa Barbara, California
The Spanish-Moorish Santa Barbara Courthouse was built in 1929, after the 1925 earthquake destroyed much of Santa Barbara
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Possibly the most famous examples of Spanish Revival architecture can be found in Santa Barbara, California. Santa Barbara had a rich tradition of Hispanic architecture long before Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue unveiled his vision of a Mediterranean skyline. But after a massive earthquake in 1925, the town was rebuilt. With its clean white walls and inviting courtyards, Santa Barbara became a showplace for the new Spanish style.
A landmark example is the Santa Barbara Courthouse designed by William Mooser III. Completed in 1929, the Courthouse is a showplace of Spanish and moorish design with imported tiles, enormous murals, hand-painted ceilings, and wrought iron chandeliers. (See photos)
Spanish Revival in Florida
Designed by Addison Mizner, the Fred C. Aiken House in Boca Raton, Florida was built in 1926
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, architect Addison Mizner was adding new excitement to Spanish Revival architecture.
Born in California, Mizner had worked in San Francisco and New York. At age 46, he moved to Palm Beach, Florida for his health. He designed elegant Spanish Revival houses for wealthy clients, purchased 1,500 acres of land in Boca Raton, and launched an architectural movement known as the Florida
Spanish Deco
This Mediterranean Revival home is one of many that James H. Nunnally built in Morningside, Florida.
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Hispanic architecture also captured the imagination of candy baron James H. Nunnally. During the early 1920s, Nunnally founded Morningside, Florida and populated the neighborhood with a romantic mix of Mediterranean Revival and Art Deco houses
Mission Style Architecture
November 30th, 2007 by amy c
One of many Mission style homes in San Diego
photo uploaded by Allan Ferguson
Remnants of California’s colonial history still remain today in the Mediterranean flourishes and adobe stucco houses, buildings, and churches that speckle San Diego. Mission style architecture not only offers a glimpse into San Diego’s past, but combined with the palm trees and warm breeze, can make you feel as if you are a world away from a modern city.
Personally, I conjured up my dream home when I visited San Diego for the first time and took in the spacious architecture that seamlessly blends the outside with the inside, the paint jobs that age with increasing beauty, and the mosaic tile adorned rooms that make it easy to imagine you are in a Spanish villa. For all the architecture buffs or those of you wanting to see history through buildings that are more like art, check out these prime locations for glimpsing brilliant architecture.
A stroll through Old Town alone will transport you to another time with its Cal-Mex culture. The outside markets, mariachi bands, countless restaurants with authentic Spanish and Mexican food feel at home among a back drop of artfully aged arch ways, individually placed red curved brick, and sun-kissed stucco flanked by luscious bougainvillea.
Father Junipero Serra can be partially credited for bringing this beautiful architecture to the states when he established his first California mission. The Junipero Serra Museum, built in in the mission style, commemorates Native America, Spanish, Mexican, and American time periods through 1929 with artifacts, featuring housewares, tools and furniture.
Uptown and La Jolla are still home to the work of prolific architect, Irving Gill, who, around the turn of the century, integrated the desert-like landscape into his designs. Some of his homes are on the National Historic Landmark list. Soon local architects followed in his footsteps, modeling city buildings, such as the County Administration Center, the Bazaar del Mundo, and the Torrey Pines Visitors Center, after Spanish/Mexican influences, according to Frommer’s.
A wonderful aspect of the San Diego experience is that an adobe church can be found next to a modern office building which could neighbor a Victorian home, showcasing San Diego’s diverse history and influences. If the mission style architecture has drawn out the designer in you, perhaps take the Gaslamp Quarter Walking Tour that showcases preserved Victorian homes and office buildings, another famed style of architecture in California.
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The Spanish Mission style was also popular in Napier, both before and after the 1931 Earthquake.
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