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Bay Area Architecture, Santa Clara County, California -- National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary |
 | | The traditional architectural practices of both the Spanish, and later Mexican, immigrants were easily adopted in Alta California because of the moderate climate and abundance of the familiar adobe material. |
| | In the 1830s a new style of architecture evolved in California that was a unification of these early Spanish-Mexican building practices and the New England architectural traditions that were familiar to the increasing number of American immigrants. |
| | He was the center of the Craftsman movement in the Bay Area and an important mentor to a number of young architects, such as Julia Morgan, one of the nation's first prominent female architects. |
| www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/santaclara/bayareaarchitecture.htm (2031 words) |
