SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE

SPANISH COLONIAL REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE. One of the rarest styles of architecture found in Dubuque, Spanish Colonial was popular in the United States between the 1920s and 1930s. Often using low-relief carvings to highlight arches, the style typically has exterior walls finished in plaster or stucco. Tile roofs are common with various uses of wrought iron on window grilles, balconies, or fences. (1)

Features of the Spanish Colonial style include: (2)

• Rectangular or L-shaped floor plans

• Asymmetrical facades

• Low pitched roof with parapet or hipped form

• Heavy tiled roofs; little or no overhanging eaves

• Arcaded entrances or porches; canvas awnings

• Doors and windows frequently arched; windows recessed

• Balconies and porches

• Ornately carved details, especially around windows, entrances, and cornices

• Wrought iron grillwork for windows, doors, and balconies

• Low round or octagonal towers with low-pitched tile roofs

• Smooth or textured plaster (stucco) exterior walls and chimney finishes

• Casement or double-hung windows, often not in uniform size or shape

• Heavy wooden doors (in Southern California front doors were carved but unpainted)

• Glazed tile used for interior and exterior decoration

While most Spanish Colonial Revival homes were painted white, O. A. Malone of California Stone Product Corporation developed a stucco/plaster that contained colored paint in 1927.

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Source:

1. "Spanish Colonial Revival." Online: http://www.historycolorado.org/oahp/spanish-colonial-revival

2. Trattner, Douglas. "Spanish Colonial Architecture," Online: http://www.frontdoor.com/home-styles/spanish-colonial-architecture