Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

Spanish Revival architecture

Palacio de Correos Mexico City (1907) California Tower San Diego (1915) National Palace, Guatemala City (1943) Archbishop's Palace Lima (1924)
Years active	Late 19th century–Present
Location	Primarily Hispanic America, the United States, the Philippines
Influences	Spanish architecture (Spanish Gothic, Plateresque, Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Baroque, Neo-Mudéjar), Spanish colonial architecture (Churrigueresque, Earthquake Baroque, Monterey Colonial), Mexican architecture (Mexican Baroque), Peruvian architecture (Andean Baroque)
Influenced	Mediterranean Revival architecture, Territorial Revival architecture, Colonial Californiano, Monterey Revival architecture, Mission Revival architecture, California Churrigueresque, Pueblo Revival architecture,

The Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (Spanish: Arquitectura neocolonial española), often known simply as Spanish Revival, is a term used to encompass a number of revivalist architectural styles based in both Spanish colonial architecture and Spanish architecture in general.^[1] These styles flourished throughout the Americas, especially in former Spanish colonies, from California to Argentina.

In the United States, the earliest use of this style was in Florida and California. St. Augustine, Florida was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor.^[2] The city had served as the capital of Florida for over 250 years when Spain ceded Florida to the United States in 1819. By the late 1880s, St. Augustine was being developed by Henry M. Flagler as a winter resort for wealthy northern families. He built two grand hotels in the Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Revival styles: the Ponce de Leon Hotel (Carrère and Hastings, 1882) and the Alcazar Hotel (Carrère and Hastings, 1887). These influenced the development of the Spanish Colonial Revival style. A few years later, at the Panama-California Exposition of 1915 in San Diego, highlighting the work of architect Bertram Goodhue, Spanish Colonial Revival was given further national exposure. Embraced principally in Florida and California, the Spanish Colonial Revival movement enjoyed its greatest popularity between 1915 and 1931.

In Mexico, the Spanish Colonial Revival in architecture was tied to the nationalist movement in the arts encouraged by the post–Mexican Revolution government. The Mexican style was primarily influenced by the Baroque architecture of central New Spain, in contrast to the U.S. style which was primarily influenced by the northern missions of New Spain. Subsequently, the U.S. interpretation saw popularity in Mexico and was locally termed colonial californiano.

Modern-day tract home design in Southern California and Florida largely descends from the early movement. The iconic terracotta shingles and stucco walls have been standard design of new construction in these regions from the 1970s to present.