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Architectural
Historian
COLONIAL
ARCHITECTURE
OF
MISSION
HILLS
What
is
Colonial
Revival
Style
Architecture?
Where
does
it
come
from?
§
Based
on
the
original
homes
of
the
13
American
Colonies
which
were
themselves
based
on
earlier
European
styles
the
early
settlers
were
familiar
with.
§
These
early
English
and
Dutch
houses
are
seen
mostly
on
the
Atlantic
Seaboard.
§
Different
Colonial
Revival
movements
or
waves
have
occurred
over
the
years.
§
Term
actually
describes
a
number
of
revival
styles
including
Georgian,
Federal,
Regency,
Adam,
Dutch
Colonial,
Saltbox
and
Cape
Cod.
The
Colonial
Revival
Architectural
Style
The
traditional
style
evoked
America’s
early
history
and
had
a
nostalgic
appeal,
especially
around
wartime
–
World
Wars
I
and
II.
Double
hung
windows
with
Symmetrically
balanced
façade,
Windows
frequently
in
multi-‐pane
glazing.
usually
with
central
doorway.
adjacent
pairs
unlike
original
precedent
examples.
Cornice
return
detail.
Accentuated
front
doorway,
White
usually
with
painted
decorative
horizontal
cornice
clapboards
supported
by
and
brick
pilasters
or
are
the
most
classical
thin
common
columns.
surfacing.
Entryway
fanlight
and
door
sidelights.
Nationwide
Colonial
Revival
architecture
-‐
1880-‐1955.
Mission
Hills
-‐
1910-‐
1955.
Most
built
in
interwar
period
-‐
1920-‐1930s.
Genesis
of
Colonial
Revival
Style
§ Inspired
by
our
American
architectural
heritage.
§ American
Centennial
in
1876.
§ Based
on
the
original
homes
of
the
13
American
Colonies
which
were
themselves
based
on
earlier
European
styles.
§ The
revival
style
began
slowly
after
American
Centennial
celebrations
of
1876.
The
style
grew
quickly
after
the
First
World
War
and
into
the
1920’s
-‐1940’s.
Colonial
Revival
Earliest
Influences
Earliest
Examples
/
Restored
Colonial
Williamsburg
§ Architects
McKim,
Mead
and
White
lead
tours
of
New
England
and
designed
large
early
examples
for
wealthy
clients
in
Massachusetts
and
Rhode
Island
in
the
1880’s.
§ Early
Colonial
Revival
style
simply
applied
earlier
Colonial
details
to
simplified
Queen
Anne
Victorian
or
shingle
style
houses.
§ By
the
early
1900’s,
architects
began
to
produce
more
“authentic”
Colonial
Revival
designs.
§ Easy
way
to
tell
original
Colonial
houses
from
Colonial
Revival
is
the
use
of
paired
windows
which
were
never
used
on
original
Colonial
homes.
§ New
pride
in
America’s
past,
early
style
was
utilized
by
fashionable
architecture
firms
building
large
estate
homes
for
very
wealthy
clients.
§ 1920’s-‐1930’s
Colonial
Williamsburg
restoration,
opening
and
HABS
reports
(WPA
detailed
drawings).
Very
Early
Colonial
Revival
Designs
in
San
Diego
Built
in
1907:
Quartermass
/
Stensrud
Built
in
1888:
2013-‐2015
Island
Ave.
House
at
5602
Adams
Ave.
in
Sherman
Heights
District.
Built
in
1896:
442
21st
Street
in
Built
in
1899
in
early
Regency
style:
506
22nd
Street
in
Sherman
Heights
District
Sherman
Heights
District
The
Colonial
Revival
Architectural
Style
The
term
describes
a
number
of
revival
styles
including
Georgian,
Federal,
Regency,
Adam,
Dutch
Colonial,
Saltbox
and
Cape
Cod.
COLONIAL
REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE
IN
MISSION
HILLS
4075
Alameda
Drive
in
Mission
Hills,
built
in
1916
by
Master
Architect
Walter
S.
Keller.
COLONIAL
REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE
IN
MISSION
HILLS
2243
Guy
Street
in
Mission
Hills
(originally
located
at
2275
San
Juan
Road),
designed
by
Master
Architect
Ralph
Frank
and
built
in
1936
by
Hurlburt,
Frank
&
Slaughter.
COLONIAL
REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE
IN
MISSION
HILLS
Leo
R.
Hoffman
House
at
4230
Arista
Street,
built
by
Pear
Pearson
Construction
Company
in
1948.
COLONIAL
REVIVAL
ARCHITECTURE
IN
MISSION
HILLS