To understand Spanish Revival architecture, we have to look back several hundred years. From the 16th to the mid-19th century, Spain was the dominant colonizer in the Americas. The parts of America ...

The popularity of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, like so many other memorable styles from the 18th and 19th centuries, resulted from exposure at international expositions, advancements in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As anyone who made it through third-grade American history may recall, the Brits had a bit of a political and cultural impact on ...

Dancers Alma Real and Filipe del Hoyo at Old Spanish Days Fiesta, circa 1935. Credit: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collection photo [Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish ...

If there was confusion regarding the architectural differences between the styles of English Cottage and French Eclectic, there will be no confusion when it comes to identifying Spanish Revival. The ...

I. Historical note:The background / Social, Political, Economic, Religious -- II. The Spanish architectural tradition -- III. Spanish-Colonial architecture in Florida -- IV. Spanish-Colonial ...

The Panama-California Exposition in 1915 was an unparalleled World’s Fair created ostensibly to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal and its first stop at San Diego on the way north up the ...

The stunning Spanish Colonial Revival-style home in Santa Barbara was designed by Floyd E. Brewster, a protégé of architect George Washington Smith. Anyone with an eye for detail will be awestruck at ...

Last month, the Tallahassee Builders Associations’ Parade of Homes celebrated its 70th anniversary by allowing Tallahasseeans to take digital tours of the city’s most innovative and interesting new ...

Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid-19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

Now you can tour the Spanish-influenced architecture of the French Quarter without ever leaving home, courtesy of the The Historic New Orleans Collection. Sharing the theme of the collection's ...