In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, architects started to pursue a very different perception in parts of the country with Spanish culture. Such regional variations, coupled with shifting architectural preferences over 50 years, brought a variety of really unique "Spanish" designs to the region.

Throughout the time between the two World Wars, passion in Spanish Revival architecture flourished, and eventually pretty much died out about 1940. Although the earlier restoration have mostly been centered in Spanish-settled regions, the latest ones surfaced all across the world.

Even though the early revivals reflected somewhat free modifications of the classics, later revivals from the 1920s, particularly in buildings designed by architects, were actually more faithful to the historical patterns.

Putting them chronologically, below is a summary of the designs' most remarkable features.

Mission Revival

New 19th century Mexican builders also preferred territorial buildings. The term refers of course to the period when New Mexico has been a part of the United States.

The territorial design is architecturally a slightly eastern model of the village. Throughout this linear construction, the walls of the house, two-stretched window sash and flat or low-gable roofs with a brick frieze are featured.

Few cities have taken so much to heart their Spanish heritage that they controlled new buildings to guarantee the existing Spanish practices.

The creative use of the scenery to expand and reinforce houses was a central feature of the Spanish designs, and so were the Romantic Revival patterns.