Editing Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (section)

===California===
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[[File:Santa Barbara County Courthouse CA.jpg|thumb|[[Santa Barbara County Courthouse]] in [[Santa Barbara, California]] (1926)]]
[[File:Kelso railroad depot.jpg|thumb|[[Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel|Kelso Hotel and Depot]] in the [[Mojave Desert]], Southern California (1923)]]

The major location of design and construction in the Spanish Colonial Revival style was California, especially in the coastal cities. In 1915, the San Diego [[Panama–California Exposition]], with architects [[Bertram Goodhue]] and [[Carleton Winslow]] Sr., popularized the style in the state and nation. It is best exemplified in the [[California Quadrangle]], built as the grand entrance to that Exposition. In the early 1920s, architect [[Lilian Jeannette Rice]] designed the style in the development of the town of [[Rancho Santa Fe, California|Rancho Santa Fe]] in San Diego County.

The city of [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] adopted the style to give it a unified Spanish character after widespread destruction in the [[History of Santa Barbara, California#1925 earthquake|1925 Santa Barbara earthquake]]. The [[Santa Barbara County Courthouse|County Courthouse]], designed by William Mooser III, and the [[Arlington Theatre]], designed by [[Edwards and Plunkett]], are prime examples. [[George Washington Smith (architect)|George Washington Smith]] designed many residences in Santa Barbara, including [[Casa del Herrero]] and [[Jackling House]], along with businesses [[Lobero Theatre]] and the [[Santa Barbara News-Press]].

Real estate developer [[Ole Hanson]] favored the Spanish Colonial Revival style in his founding and development of [[San Clemente, California]] in 1928. The [[Pasadena City Hall]] by John Bakewell, Jr. and [[Arthur Brown, Jr.]], the [[Sonoma City Hall]], and the [[Beverly Hills City Hall]] by [[Harry G. Koerner]] and [[William J. Gage]] are other notable civic examples in California. Between 1922 and 1931, architect Robert H. Spurgeon constructed 32 Spanish colonial revival houses in [[Riverside, California|Riverside]], and many of them have been preserved.