{"product_id":"the-california-house-adobe-craftsman-victorian-spanish-colonial-revival","title":"The California House: Adobe. Craftsman. Victorian. Spanish Colonial Revival","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe aura and romance of Old California lives on in this treasury of inviting homes. The California House presents the magic of the \"golden state \" that land of infinite promise and dreams  the most tangible expression of which can be found in the homes built by early California dreamers. Here domestic visions of tranquility and repose were inventively realizedin stucco or stone  wood and wrought iron  plaster  and glass and tile. Spanish Colonial Revivalstyle homes with elaborate wrought-iron window grilles  romantic  shadowy interiors  and lush courtyard gardens stand beside other particularly Californian architectural wonders such as the San Francisco Victorian Painted Lady  the Monterey Colonial  Eurekan Queen Anne  and the homey California Arts \u0026amp; Crafts. Including houses designed by luminaries George Washington Smith  Stanford White  Greene \u0026amp; Greene  and Reginald Johnson  this book will fascinate both the architecture aficionado and interior design enthusiasts  as well as the everyday lover of homes. Including  but going beyond  the much-adored Spanish style (in its many manifestations) and Mission Revival  the book features as well the Victorian of San Franciscos Painted Lady and Eurekas Queen Anne  Monterey Colonial  California Arts \u0026amp; Crafts  French Chateau  classic Colonial farm house  and more. All new color photography of 25 houses in California ranging in style from Spanish Colonial Revival  Mission  Victorian  Queen Anne  California Arts \u0026amp; Crafts  Monterey  French Chateau  Colonial Farm House. The book includes little known California work by well known architect Stanford White  known primarily for his East Coast work (designer of the original Penn Station with McKim  Mead \u0026amp; White  and original Madison Square Garden  and many others); as well as the Magdelena Zanone House (Queen Anne late Victorian style home in Eureka  CA); the Murphy House  San Francisco (Classic French Chateau); a Gothic Victorian 1860s home in Sonoma; Casa Amesti (Monterey style home); \"El Cerrito\" designed by Russel Ray and Winsor Soule and built in 1913 in Santa Barbara (an amalgam of Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival); the Frothingham House designed by George Washington Smith in 1922 (Spanish Colonial Rev.); Cuartro Ventos House by Reginald Johnson  1929 in Santa Barbara; William Edwards House by Roland E. Coate  Sr. in San Marino  1926; Robinson House by Greene and Greene in Pasadena  1905; Sack House in Berkeley (California Arts \u0026amp; Crafts) Brune-Reutlinger House in San Francisco (classic Painted Lady Victorian); a colonial mid-19th cent farm house in Sonoma; \"Mariposa \" classic Spanish style in Montecito; The Marston House in San Diego (Arts \u0026amp; Crafts\/Tudoresque); Rancho Los Alamos De Santa Elena in Los Alamos (Span. Col. Rev.); Pepper Hill Farm in Balard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945296162869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0847835855","price":80.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780847835850.jpg?v=1769881946","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-california-house-adobe-craftsman-victorian-spanish-colonial-revival","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}