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DESIGN

BUILDING THE

CALIFORNIA
DREAM

1830 TO 1840

Clean and classic
Monterey style

In 1835, when New England
merchant Thomas O. Larkin
built the first-in-the-state
two-story house-a handsome
balcony-wrapped building of
white-plastered adobe and redwood timbers in Monterey-
he also launched a California
classic, appropriately called the
Monterey Style. STYLE WATCH
The Groveland Hotel (Groveland); groveland.com. Larkin
House (Monterey); parks.ca.gov

Take a tour through the history of
architecture in the Golden State,
then go see it for yourself

The Groveland Hotel

1840 TO 1870

Once gold was discovered in
the Sierra foothills, the fortyniners' cry of "Gold in them
thar hills" could have been
followed by "Hammers banging
everywhere." As thousands of
fortune seekers flooded into the
new state (California became
part of the United States in
1850), bustling boomtowns
and cities grew, with slappedtogether structures of wood and
brick, most in simple colonial
revival style. STYLE WATCH
Columbia State Historic Park
(Columbia); parks.ca.gov

Sunnylands

Elegant, irreverent,
functional, fabulous-

California architecture is anything but dull, and following its
changes over time sheds light
on the state's people, places,
and cultures. Since the 1700s,
the state has morphed from
missions and ranchos to pop-up
Gold Rush towns, Queen
Anne Victorians, midcentury
modern houses, and sleek contemporary masterpieces. Many
historic structures still welcome
visitors-places where you can
explore, experience, and learn.
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1700S

Missions and ranchos

The Spanish padres did more
than bring Christianity on
their trek north from Mexico;
they also brought a distinctive
style. Spacing their outposts
a day's horseback ride apart,
the Franciscan monks built 21
adobe-and-tile mission compounds between San Diego and
Sonoma. Carefully planned,
the missions included design
elements and materials that
later appeared in elegant adobe
homes and ranchos. STYLE

1870 TO 1900

Victorian swagger in wood

The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa

La Purisima Mission
State Historic Park (Lompoc);
parks.ca.gov. The Mission Inn
Hotel & Spa (Riverside);
missioninn.com

WATCH

As new industries in the young
state flourished, so did architecture. Expanded railroad lines
meant a rich supply of building
materials and craftsmen with
worldly influences. In the
1870s, Italianate architecture
used simple details. Later, more
elaborate Queen Anne Victorians sported turrets and other

ANDREA GÓMEZ ROMERO; COURTESY OF THE HISTORIC MISSION
INN HOTEL & SPA; COURTESY OF GROVELAND HOTEL

Boomtowns on a roll



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