Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
architectural style
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (Spanish: Arquitectura neocolonial española), also known simply as Spanish Revival, or labelled as Mediterranean Revival, is a term used to encompass a number of revivalist architectural styles based in both Spanish colonial architecture and Spanish architecture in general. 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, Texas, and California, where it is sometimes known as the Early California Style.. St. Augustine, Florida was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. 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 Spanish Revival/Mediterranean 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.
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