A ranch style home in Salinas, California/Mediterranean House Styles

Although the style is difficult to name, it's fairly easy to recognize a Spanish Eclectic home. Virginia and Lee McAlester, authors of A Field Guide to American Houses, characterize Spanish Eclectic homes as having these features:
Low-pitched roof
Red roof tiles
Little or no overhanging eaves
Stucco siding
Arches, especially above doors, porch entries and main windows
Some Spanish inspired homes have:
Asymmetrical shape with cross-gables and side wings
Flat roof and parapets
Or, a hipped roof
Carved doors
Spiral columns and pilasters
Courtyards
Carved stonework or cast ornaments
Patterned tile floors and wall surfaces

Step through the stucco archway, linger in the tiled courtyard, and you might think you were in Spain. Or Portugal. Or Italy, or northern Africa, or Mexico. North America's Spanish inspired homes embrace the entire Mediterranean world, combine it with ideas from Hopi and Pueblo Indians and add flourishes that would make Walt Disney proud.
It's hard to know what to call the style. Spanish-inspired homes built in the first decades of the 20th century are usually described as Spanish Colonial Revival, suggesting that they borrow ideas from early settlers. However, these homes might also be called Hispanic or Mediterranean. And, because these homes often combine many different styles, some use the term Spanish Eclectic.

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