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	Mission Style - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Mission Style" is a generic term often used to refer to Mission Revival Style architecture, the architecture of the Spanish missions located throughout the Southwestern United States and Mexico, or to the design elements of the Arts and Crafts movement.
		The architecture of the Prairie School, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Houses
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mission_Style (125 words)

	Mission Revival Style architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mission Revival Style was an architectural movement that began in the late 19th Century and drew inspiration from the early Spanish missions in California.
		The former passenger depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in San Juan Capistrano, California, built in 1894, is an early example of the Mission Revival Style.
		The complex was constructed in the Mission Revival Style by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway four years prior in preparation for the Panama-California Exposition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_Mission_Style (445 words)

	Spanish Colonial Revival Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Spirit of Santa Barbara is epitomized in its Spanish revival architecture.
		Spanish Colonial revival is really a catalog of styles, unified by the use of arches, courtyards, form as mass, plain wall surfaces, and tile roofs, all derived from the Mediterranean world.
		In California this revival could be construed as a mature continuation of the Mission revival which had used Hispanic elements as mere dressing.
	www.architect.com /Spanish_Revival.html (490 words)

	KPBS - Qualities of Irving Gill's Work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Architecture is one of the areas where you can, in fact, do something about that, and help oppose that trend by helping to define the appropriate identity for a particular region.
		IRIS ENGSTRAND: I think Mission Revival style architecture was really a return to a simpler way of life, and that's why I think Irving Gill was impressed with the idea of an interior courtyard and with the simple lines, the adobe walls.
		For example, Balboa Park is Spanish Colonial with some baroque doorways, whereas Mission Revival is the Serra Museum, which is the cleaner lines, the simpler arches.
	www.kpbs.org /Radio/DynPage.php?id=133 (1408 words)

	Directory of Colorado State Register Properties
		It reflects the Spanish Revival style as interpreted by military architects and applied to a massive brick institutional housing facility late in the style's period of popularity.
		Designed by the architectural firm of Fisher and Fisher, as the general office and warehouse for the McPhee and McGinnity Company, this flat roofed brick faced industrial building reflects the Second Renaissance Revival style in its numerous evenly spaced arched window openings.
		The Renaissance Revival Style is rare for a Denver apartment, and it was one of the first fireproof, reinforced concrete residential buildings.
	www.coloradohistory-oahp.org /programareas/register/1503/cty/dv4.htm (5347 words)

	Real Estate Wired - Preservation Wired - Historic Styles - The Spanish Revival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The demise of the Spanish architectural tradition that had dominated the region for the previous century was tempered by nostalgia for the past.
		The development of the Mission Revival style in the 1890's was the first attempt to incorporate local architectural traditions into contemporary buildings and create a regional style of architecture in Southern California.
		The Mission Revival style was also the first manifestation of a conscious effort to create a distinctive character for the region.
	www.realestatewired.com /preservation/historic_styles_part1.shtml (1140 words)

	City of Cincinnati -Historic Preservation and Research Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Renaissance Revival 1845 - 1885 and 1890 - 1915
		Houses that have similar characteristics belong to the same style group, Architectural styles flourish for varying numbers of years, overlap with periods of other styles, and subsequently fall out of fashion.
		It is often possible to determine the style of an altered house by its shape and roof type.
	www.cincinnati-oh.gov /cdap/pages/-3753- (842 words)

	Cultural Resources Chapter 4
		This two-story school was built in 1915, in the Mission Revival style of architecture which was popular at the time.
		Its style is basically Greek Revival, but the spire shows a strong Victorian Gothic influence, being octagonal in shape and cut by four pointed dormers with louver-filled arches.
		It is a style of barn generally found in the eastern part of the United States.
	www.montara.com /Montara/CulturalResources/Chapter4.html (4484 words)

	Montgomery Ward - Architecture in Fort Worth's Cultural District
		The stairwells in the structure are accentuated on the corners and in the center of the south facade with smaller windows and Missionesque parpets.
		A smaller automobile service station building was constructed on the corner of the site with the same Mission Revival style of architecture in 1936.
		In 1937, an eight story addition was constructed at the rear of the east wing of the building, and a connecting corridor was constructed across the rear of the original structure.
	www.fortwortharchitecture.com /cd/wards.htm (595 words)

	Eclectic Period Revivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		A variety of other eclectic styles became popular around the turn of the century and, as in the Neoclassical style, the buildings are characterized by the somewhat free application of carefully studied detail.
		For instance, many early gas stations were built in the English cottage style with very steep gable roofs, picturesque chimneys, and facades of stone veneer or simulated half-timber or in the Mediterraniean or Mission style with stuccoed facades and tile roofs.
		The Tudor style or Tudor Gothic, distinguishable by its Tudor arch, found wide use in early twentieth-century religious architecture, and was used so regularly in educational buildings that it is sometimes referred to as Collegiate Gothic.
	www.ci.valparaiso.in.us /hpc/Architecture/EclecticPeriodRevivals/eclecticperiodrevivals.htm (231 words)

	Journal of San Diego History
		He began his study of architecture in New York in 1853, as a student in the office of the noted ecclesiastical architect, Richard Upjohn, and remained five years, marrying Upjohn's daughter and later becoming a partner in the firm of Richard Upjohn and Company.
		Cuthbertson was an early proponent of the use of mission style architecture.
		Hebbard's use of Mission Revival and Spanish Renaissance styles in many of his buildings probably influenced Winslow's fair designs of which the Indian Arts Building, now the House of Charm is a prime example.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/87winter/hebbard.htm (11839 words)

	Selling of the Missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The simplicity of the mission logo suggests, perhaps in its own subtle way that tortillas in the bag are made from wholesome ingredients and under moral and perhaps even ordained settings.
		Since the missions are known throughout California, the association of a tortilla maker with the missions achieves a greater exposure to the commercial audience.
		The important thing is simply that the mission style of architecture is incorporated into a variety of spaces in the California landscape.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /JAHC/JAHCIII3/ARTICLES/morse/selling.htm (1038 words)

	Mission Revival Architecture
		Simultaneous to the rise of period-style architecture, the modern era saw its beginnings with architects who were instead looking to the future, not the past, with more progressive, modernist styles.
		The style was considered the "California counterpart" to the Georgian-inspired Colonial Revival popular in Northeast.
		Most famously, the style was adopted by both the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railways for train stations, resort hotels, and other rail corridor buildings, essentially as an effort to "theme" the Southwest for eastern travelers.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~twp/architecture/mission (352 words)

	2002 News Releases - Sparks’ Mary Lee Nichols School Added to National Register of Historic Places
		DeLongchamps’ experience with Mission and Spanish Revival styles began with his award-winning entry at the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego in 1915.
		These two related architectural styles were popular for school buildings at the time.
		Nevada’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction reported to the State Legislature in 1915 that, “Mission architecture was especially adapted to one story structures,” which he felt was much more suitable for student health than multiple story buildings-and provided less risk of fire.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/dca/press/2002/11-12b.htm (415 words)

	Colonial Revival Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		At a time when "manifest destiny" was at its peak, the early 1890's, Americans began to value their own heritage and architecture.
		Colonial Revival sought to follow the style of the period around the Revolutionary War.
		Distinctive in this style are multiple columned porches, and doors with fanlights and sidelights.
	www.santacruzpl.org /history/arch/style11.shtml (131 words)

	Mission/Mission Revival - Things To Do In Los Angeles
		Constructed between 1912 and 1914 with the original building designed by the architectural firm of Sumner P. Hunt and Silas R. Burns, it is considered to be one of the first major examples in Los Angeles of the transition from Mission Revival to Spanish Colonial Revival.
		The mansion is in the Mission Revival style, and the park in Italian Renaissance style with a Japanese garden.
		The Spanish Renaissance and the California Missions were used as a basis for the motifs of all furnishings and embellishments of the church.
	www.laokay.com /MissionMissionRevival.htm (905 words)

	Greek Revival Style, 1850 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Greek Revival style is perhaps the first example of Santa Cruz architecture truly reflecting an American style.
		The Greek Revival style was distinguished by the use of broad corner pilasters, split pediment, and porches supported by pillars.
		A very rare example of a true Greek Revival style of the 1850's is the Judge William Blackburn house at 152 Center Street.
	www.santacruzpl.org /history/arch/style4.shtml (150 words)

	St. Petersburg Historic Landmarks
		Its Mission Revival style was a precursor of the Mediterranean Revival style of architecture which would dominate the 1920s boom era of construction in St. Petersburg.
		It is designed primarily in the Mission Revival style and exhibits subtle stylistic elements serving as the precursor to the Mediterranean Revival style which would dominate the 1920s boom era of construction.
		The Mission Revival style originated in California during the 1890s and spread eastward during the first two decades of the 20th century.
	www.stpete.org /HSMirrorLake.htm (687 words)

	Arts & Crafts, Craftsman or Mission Antiques
		Bold, angular, with all the style (and strength) of a "Locomotive Crate" Stickley's designs were a radical departure from Victorian frou-frou.
		While other mission furniture manufacturers such as Gustav's brothers LandJG Stickley, Stickley Brothers "Quaint", Roycroft, Limbert, J.R. Young, etc, all have created fine furniture in the mission style, it is to Gustav that modern collectors turn first.
		Independant woodworkers and craftspeople love to work in the mission style as they are able to show off their joinery skills.
	www.ragtime.org /miss (1108 words)

	WPB
		Revival and Mission Revival style residences, built between 1925 and 1953.
		Revival, are often seen, such as a gabled portico, dormers, or quoining.
		This architectural style was limited almost entirely to single family residences.
	www.floridahistorichomes.com /WPB.html (11285 words)

	Sarasota County Government: Topics - Architectural History of Sarasota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The architectural history of Sarasota County includes a number of examples of Florida Cracker, frame vernacular, Mediterranean Revival, and Sarasota School of Architecture style buildings.
		The district is comprised of two-story apartment houses of similar style.
		The district was part of the original plan for Venice and was to be a buffer between the commercial center and a single-family residential neighborhood.
	www.co.sarasota.fl.us /content/content.aspx?c7a6c692b2=a59397 (925 words)

	Craftsman style homes decor and restoration products
		Craftsman style homes have been enjoying a resurgence in popularity due in large part to their tasteful design precepts.
		Of course, now the arts and crafts movement is much more prominent and we rarely encounter a neophyte who has been completely unaware of the style, but that wasn't always the case.
		Architectural floor registers and residential air grilles made of solid woods can really add a lot to a room.
	www.crafthome.com (477 words)

	What Style Is My Bungalow?
		Architecture is much more than style, but an important factor in the construction of bungalows was their ability to meet owners' functional requirements while giving them what had previously been limited to the wealthy few: the latest in design.
		The eclecticism of previous revivals was dropped in favor of the authentic recasting of historic styles.
		Drawing from local historical precedents for inspiration, the Pueblo Revival style is a mixture of both the flat-roofed Spanish Colonial buildings and the Native American pueblos.
	www.americanbungalowmagazine.com /AmBungalow/whatStyle.htm (1280 words)

	Amazon.com: Romance of the Mission: Decorating in the Mission Style: Books: Elmo Baca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Baca (Rio Grande High Style: Furniture Craftsmen, Gibbs Smith, 1995) gives an overview of the Mission Style of architecture and interior design in the United States, from its roots in Moorish Spain through the classic missions of New Mexico and California to the contemporary style of Neo-Mission.
		It traces the mission style from the actual missions, through the style's collision with the Arts and Crafts movement, and the subsequent development of what we know as the Spanish style house.
		There is a great deal of discussion of exterior mission style and relatively little example of interior design.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0879057408?v=glance (996 words)

	Atalaya del Vulcan
		"Atalaya del Vulcan" (watch tower of the volcano) was constructed in the Mission Revival style of architecture.
		This type of architecture is a blending of Spanish and Italian styles featuring predominant use of arches, domes and towers.
		Keeping with Mission Revival style, the interior of the home is generously finished with stucco, hand painted tiles, and "vigas" or wooden beams.
	www.atalayadome.com (338 words)

	Spanish Colonial Revival - Things To Do In Los Angeles
		This Spanish Colonial Revival structure is associated with the growth of the film industry and was built by investors Douglas Fairbanks, Marcut Lowe, Louis B. Mayer and Mary Pickford.
		This Spanish Colonial Revival apartment complex acts as a transition between the Westwood Village commercial areas and the singlefamily neighborhoods to the east.
		This five-story Spanish Colonial Revival style structure was dedicated on September 2, 1926, to serve as a recreational center for servicemen.
	www.laokay.com /SpanishColonialRevival.htm (1432 words)

	Ramona - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Jackson had become enamored of California's Mission Era, which she romanticized.
		They wanted to go to all the locations described in the book where Ramona had been, some believing it was a true story, and were made even more eager by entrepreneurs.
		Mission Revival Style architecture was wildly popular from about 1890 to 1915, and survives in a reduced form today.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Ramona (735 words)

	Courthouses Listed by Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The architecture combines other styles such as Renaissance Revival, Classical Revival and Italianate to form a style that is Texan in origin.
		This style of courthouse, popular from the late 1800s until the 1930s, was based on the early Spanish missions of Texas.
		The simple style is usually rectangular and the building made of pre-fabricated components that have been mass produced.
	www.texascourthouses.com /new_page_4.htm (676 words)

	MacMinute \| Mac News First.
		Apple CEO Steve Jobs was given the go-ahead from local officials yesterday to demolish a historic house on his property in Woodside, CA.
		As previously reported, Jobs is trying to give away the home, which he calls a "dump," to appease preservationists who don't want it torn down.
		Preservationists have deemed the house historic, an important example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, one that currently stands empty and derelict at the end of a stone-lined cul-de-sac.
	www.macminute.com /search.php?partial=0&keywords=woodside (661 words)

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