Around the turn of the century, Californians also began to realize that they had a rich heritage of their own, and perhaps did not need to import tradition and architectural styles for the East Coast. As one Californian stated at that time:

Give me neither Romanesque nor Gothic; much less Italian Renaissance, and least of all English Colonial--this is California--give me Mission.

The Mission Revival style was the result. Arches and tiled roofs are the most general features of this style. Other attributes are low pitched roofs, smooth plastered walls, balconies, and towers on larger buildings. The 1912 Piedmont Court, 260 High Street, is a very effective Mission Revival work. This style lasted up to the 1920's, when Spanish Colonial Revival came into favor, with a more sophisticated, formal and classic Hispanic style.

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