Editing Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (section)

===Florida===

[[File:Palm Beach Town Hall.jpg|thumb|[[Palm Beach Town Hall]] in [[Palm Beach, Florida]] (1925)]]
[[File:New Smyrna El Retiro01.jpg|thumb|[[El Real Retiro]] in [[New Smyrna Beach, Florida]] (1923)]]

By the early years of the 1910s, Florida was major center for Spanish Colonial Revival style in the United States. [[Frederick H. Trimble]]'s Farmer's Bank in [[Vero Beach, Florida|Vero Beach]], completed in 1914, is a fully mature early example of the style. The city of [[St. Cloud, Florida]], espoused the style both for homes and commercial structures and has a fine collection of subtle [[stucco]] buildings reminiscent of colonial Mexico. Many of these were designed by architectural partners [[Ida Annah Ryan]] and [[Isabel Roberts]].

One of the most significant examples of the emerging popularity of Spanish Colonial Revival in the United States at the time was is the architecture of [[Coral Gables, Florida]]. A [[planned city]] established in the 1920s, the city's architecture is almost entirely [[Mediterranean Revival architecture|Mediterranean Revival style]], mandated in the original plan. The city was developed by [[George E. Merrick]], a real estate developer from Pennsylvania, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The Coral Gables Congregational Church, donated by Merrick, and the Catholic Church of the Little Flower, were classic examples of the Spanish Renaissance style. 
Early in the city's planning and development, Merrick shared his vision for Coral Gables as "a most extraordinary opportunity for the building of 'Castles in Spain'. Merrick's success in executing this vision for the city would catch the attention of Spain's King, [[Alfonso XIII]], who awarded Merrick the Order of Isabella the Catholic for his support of Spanish culture in Coral Gables.

Several other cities in southern Florida showcased the Spanish Revival of the time, including Palm Beach. The [[Palm Beach Town Hall]], built in 1925 by [[Harvey and Clarke]], with renovations later made by several notable architects.