Circa 1890 – 1920
The Mission style of architecture was founded in California and was mostly popular on the west coast of the United States. Like other more modem styles, the Mission style was rooted in the Hispanic influence found in the west, but was not truly based on Spanish precedent since it also borrowed design ideas from the craftsman and Prairie styles. Mission styled structures were simple square or rectangular in shape with either symmetrical or asymmetrical details added, but they had many common design elements. One such common element was the use of dormers or roof parapets that were shaped similarly to those found on the Spanish Missions built in California and the southwest in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. These parapets were sometimes decorated with quatrefoil or oval openings and lined with a thick coping along the top. Wide overhanging eaves and red, clay tiled roofs were supported by stucco covered walls and there was often a large entry porch at the main level that was supported by heavy stucco piers.
Very few Mission style home were constructed in the Southeastern U.S.