Mission Revival Architecture Photos

Starting in the 1890s up to the 1930s, American Western architects adopted the simple styles originally used for adobe Spanish missions, creating the Mission Revival style. The simplicity of the buildings and furniture strongly influenced designer of the Arts and Crafts movement, which is itself sometimes called Mission style.

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Santa Fe Railroad Depot (1894). Capistrano, CA. Style: Mission revival.	Oliver G. Posey - Edward L. Doheny Mansion (1899) (8 Chester Place). Los Angeles, CA. Style: Gothic, Tudor, & California Mission Revival. Architect: Theodore Eisen & Sumner P. Hunt.	Second Owls Club (1902-3) (378 N. Main Ave.). Tucson, AZ. Style: Mission revival & Sullivanesque. Architect: Trost & Rust.	Willard (Pueblo) Hotel (1902-4) (145 S. 6th Ave.). Tucson, AZ. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: Henry C. Trost.

Mission Inn (1902-32) (3649 Mission Inn Ave.). Riverside, CA. Style: Mission / Spanish Revival. Architect: Arthur B. Benton, Myron Hunt, G. Stanley Wilson, Peter Weber. On National Register.	St Mary's Catholic Church (1903) (360 E Monroe). Phoenix, AZ. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: R.A. Gray & George Gallagher.	Southern Pacific Passenger Station (1903) (1174 E Commerce). San Antonio, TX. Style: Mission style.	Cheyney House (1905) (252 N. Main Ave.). Tucson, AZ. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: Holmes & Holmes.

Bayless House (1905) (145 E. University Blvd.). Tucson, AZ. Style: Mission-style. Architect: Trost & Rust.	Corbett House (1907) host Arts & Crafts collection at Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ. Style: Mission Revival.	Santa Fe Railroad Depot (1907) now a marketplace. Prescott, AZ. Style: Mission revival.	Sutherland Fruit Company Packinghouse (1912) (3191 Mission Inn Ave.). Riverside, CA. Style: Mission Revival. On National Register.

Riverside Museum (former post office) (1912) (3580 Mission Inn Ave.). Riverside, CA. Style: Neoclassical & Mission Revival. Architect: James K. Taylor.	Santa Fe Depot (1915) tower & dome. San Diego, CA. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: Bakewell & Brown.	Frasmus Wilson House (1916) (7 Chester Place). Los Angeles, CA. Style: Mission/Islamic. Architect: Dennis & Farwell.	Parish church or Basilica of Mission Dolores (1918). San Francisco, CA. Style: California Mission style. Architect: Frank T. Shea & John O. Lofquist.

Horatio West Court (1919-21) (140 Hollister Ave.). Santa Monica, CA. Style: Mission revival & International Modern. Architect: Irving John Gill.	La Fleche House (1923) (6036 La Fleche) designed for Santa Fe Land Improvement Company. Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival. Architect: Lilian Jenette Rice. On National Register.	Tile-roofed mansion (Paseo Delicias at El Tordo). Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival.	Louise Badger shop (1920s) (Paseo Delicias at La Granada). Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival. Architect: Lilian Jenette Rice.

Country Squire Courtyard (1920s) (6009 Paseo Delicias) originally used by Rancho Santa Fe Land & Improvement Company. Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival.	Union Pacific Depot (1924) (North Park). Riverside, CA. Style: Mission Revival.	Pearl Baker row house (1926) (6122 Paseo Delicias). Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival. Architect: C.M. Paddock. On National Register.	Arcade building (1926) (7910 Girard Ave.). La Jolla, CA. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: Herbert Palmer.

Lilian Rice row houses (1927) (6112 Paseo Delicias). Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival. Architect: Lilian Jenette Rice. On National Register.	Mission revival house (c1927) (6126 Paseo Delicias). Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival.	Spanish colonial style house (c1927) (6132 Paseo Delicias). Rancho Santa Fe, CA. Style: Mission revival.	One Capitol District (former Armed Services YMCA) (1928) (Richards & Hotel Sts.). Honolulu, HI. Style: Spanish Mission. Architect: Lincoln Rogers. On National Register.

Serra Museum (1929) tower on hill over Old Town where first mission stood. San Diego, CA. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: William Templeton Johnson.	Riverside Municipal Auditorium (1929) (3485 Mission Inn Ave.). Riverside, CA. Style: Mission Revival. Architect: Arthur S. Benton & G. Stanley Wilson.	Honolulu Hale (Honolulu City Hall) (1929) (King & Punchbowl Sts.). Honolulu, HI. Style: California Mission. Architect: C.W. Dickey, Hart Wood, Robert G. Miller + Rothwell/Kangeter& Lester.	Old City Hall (1934) (704 Third St.). Oceanside, CA. Style: Mission revival. Architect: Irving John Gill. On National Register.

Fire Station (1934) (714 Third St.). Oceanside, CA. Style: Mission revival. Architect: Irving John Gill. On National Register.	Union Station (1939) (800 N Alameda St.). Los Angeles, CA. Style: Streamline Moderne & Mission Revival. Architect: John Parkinson & Donald B. Parkinson. On National Register.


See Also:	Architects & Architecture Arts & Crafts Movement