Architectural Styles

    Spanish Colonial

    Alt names / subperiods 

    Timeline

    Distinguishing Features

    Geographic Presence

    Mission

    California Mission

     

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    1565-1780

    • Thick, stucco-covered adobe walls
    • red clay tile roofs,
    • low-pitched or hipped
    • Moorish arched Doorways & Windows
    • central courtyards (patios)
    • gardens or fountains
    • Ornate detailing
    • wrought ironwork
    • wooden beams
    • colorful ceramic tiles
    • Spanish Colonies
    • SW USA
    • Latin America
    • Mexico
    • Caribbean
    • Cuba
    • Puerto Rico
    • Philippines
    • Peru

    Common Building Types

    Landmark buildings

    Historic Accommodation Types

    Accommodation Examples

    • Missions
    • Colonial Homes
    • Govt buildings
    • plazas
    • town halls
    • Forts
    • Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, California
    • San Juan Bautista Mission California
    • Casa de los Azulejos Mexico City
    • Cathedral of Mexico City
    • Castillo San Felipe del Morro Puerto Rico
    • Palacio de Gobierno Peru
    • Santa Clara de Asís Convent Peru
    • La Purísima Concepción Mission Mexico
    • Convent / monastery hotels
    • Casa / hacienda / estancia conversions
    • Urban “casa colonial” boutique hotels
    • Palacio / governor’s residence conversions
    • Fort / presidio / defensive building reuse
    • Mission complex lodging (pilgrimage / heritage stays)
    • Parador-style heritage hotels adaptive reuse (Spain and former territories)

    Adaptive Reuse

    • Hacienda Jurica – Querétaro, Mexico
    • Hacienda San José del Refugio – Tamaulipas, Mexico
    • Hacienda de Chichén Itzá – Yucatán, Mexico
    • Boutique Colonial Mansion – Former historic casonas (colonial mansions) (Centro Histórico, Mexico City)
    • Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada – San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
    • Hotel El Convento – Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino (Casa Saurí) – Ponce, Puerto Rico
    • Historic hacienda hotels in Mexico restored into hotel properties across Guanajuato, Jalisco, Yucatán
    • Historic colonial houses and mansions transformed into boutique hotels in Latin American cities (e.g., Cartagena, Bogotá, Quito
    • La Fonda on the Plaza Santa Fe New Mexico (Spanish Colonial Revival)

    Landmarks

    Original Accommodation

    Adapted Visitor Accommodation