Spanish Revival

It was a style craze that promised History, Luxury, and Leisure.

- Patricia Poore

Various Spanish revivals were the Hispanic counterpoint to New England’s Colonial Revival. The genre is certainly related to the greater Romantic Revival: In the East and Midwest, some older suburbs boast grand Georgians, homey English cottages, and a Mediterranean villa—all in the same or nearby neighborhoods. Building innovations like masonry veneer over wood frame and cement-based stucco had made romantic associations more affordable to build. Exposed timbers were not structural, but rather decoratively superimposed on modern wall systems. “Weathered” stucco was applied to look ancient.