Also in San Francisco is the Mission Dolores Church, built in connection with the Old Mission San Francisco de Assisi. Built in the Spanish Plateresque style of Mexico, this structure seems to suit its environment even more than the two previously mentioned examples. The ornate front and towers are most attractive, forming, as they should, the outstanding feature of the neighborhood. The two towers, entirely in keeping with past precedent, appear especially attractive from the old cemetery where the first burial was made in 1777. The old adobe wall of the Mission, four feet in thickness, seems to be, with its old roof of hand-made tiles, a foil for the towers dominating it. With years to soften the tower detail, character will be added to the modern work. The only criticism seems to be the hardness of the new tile roof and the fact that no one in attendance at the Mission could furnish the name of the architects of the new structure.
The Congregational Church of Oakland, by John Galen Howard and Associates, also belongs to this notable group. The main front has both character and originality and the side wings and tower are simple but effective.
The Wilshire Boulevard Church at Los Angeles, by Allison and Allison, is of the same type and materials as St. John’s Episcopal Church, but lacks some of the latter’s interest.
The Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church by Robert H. Orr, also in Los Angeles, is another successful structure built in cast concrete, the main mass of which is left as it came from the forms. This seems to be the favorite material and method of handling, probably due to economy in construction. It is, however, very effective. The tower of this church is very attractive.
St. Vincent’s Church at Los Angeles, Albert C. Martin, architect, another church in the Spanish Plateresque manner of old Mexico, is good in scale, character, and use of materials, and is appropriate to its setting. It is not, however, as good in detail as the Dolores Mission Church in San Francisco, or the late Bertram Goodhue’s beautifully detailed California Building at the San Diego Exposition. It is interesting, however, and the dome with its brightly colored glazed tiles is attractive in the Southern California sunshine.
The smaller Presbyterian Church at Burlingame, California, is another structure good in mass, simple in treatment, with another interesting tower well placed.
The Congregational Church at Riverside, California, by Myron Hunt, is one of the best detailed of all the Plateresque churches, with a very good arcaded porch along the street front, and a beautifully scaled tower.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BURLINGAME, CALIF.
Photo by Dwight James Baum
The Congregational Church of Oakland, by John Galen Howard and Associates, also belongs to this notable group. The main front has both character and originality and the side wings and tower are simple but effective.
The Wilshire Boulevard Church at Los Angeles, by Allison and Allison, is of the same type and materials as St. John’s Episcopal Church, but lacks some of the latter’s interest.
The Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church by Robert H. Orr, also in Los Angeles, is another successful structure built in cast concrete, the main mass of which is left as it came from the forms. This seems to be the favorite material and method of handling, probably due to economy in construction. It is, however, very effective. The tower of this church is very attractive.
St. Vincent’s Church at Los Angeles, Albert C. Martin, architect, another church in the Spanish Plateresque manner of old Mexico, is good in scale, character, and use of materials, and is appropriate to its setting. It is not, however, as good in detail as the Dolores Mission Church in San Francisco, or the late Bertram Goodhue’s beautifully detailed California Building at the San Diego Exposition. It is interesting, however, and the dome with its brightly colored glazed tiles is attractive in the Southern California sunshine.
The smaller Presbyterian Church at Burlingame, California, is another structure good in mass, simple in treatment, with another interesting tower well placed.
The Congregational Church at Riverside, California, by Myron Hunt, is one of the best detailed of all the Plateresque churches, with a very good arcaded porch along the street front, and a beautifully scaled tower.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BURLINGAME, CALIF.
Photo by Dwight James Baum