| The Spanish Mission Style of Architecture served | | | | built in California, they had a lot of difficulties to |
| functional and aesthetic purposes when it was | | | | say the very least. There was a scarcity of |
| first produced in California. "Padres" or priests | | | | imported materials as well as a shortage of skilled |
| from Spain came to the coastline of California to | | | | labor, so they had to use simple building materials |
| build their missions and convert the natives, and | | | | and easy methods of construction to get the job |
| the style of the missions was a reflection of the | | | | done. They gathered material and workforce |
| great cultural soup that was being prepared. | | | | from the surrounding lands. |
| Native Californians used their skill, priests used | | | | The 5 most important materials they used were |
| their design aesthetic from the old country, and | | | | adobe, timber, stone, brick and tile, which are all |
| the raw materials of their work would come from | | | | the staples of the style today. Adobe was a very |
| the natural products off the coast of California. | | | | innovative material made from earth and water, |
| The materials that would eventually build the | | | | chaff, straw and manure. These were mud bricks, |
| Spanish missions would later be used and | | | | and they were very useful in this region of the |
| emulated for the Spanish mission style of | | | | US. The method was originated in Spain and |
| architecture that later became popular in California | | | | Mexico, so workers were easily able to assemble |
| and elsewhere in the US. Buildings throughout Los | | | | the bricks that would make up the missions. |
| Angeles tried to emulate this style as it became | | | | Level ground was found, and the workers would |
| more fashionable, and even in other places across | | | | put the mud mixture into brick molds, and arrange |
| the nation, like in St. Louis, Missouri where T.P. | | | | them in rows to be leveled by hand to the top of |
| Barnett's Spanish Mission Style Deco building still | | | | the mold's frame. Today, these bricks still have |
| stands. The Barnett building was a fusion building | | | | hand and fingerprints, reminiscent of the people |
| of Spanish and Art Deco that became incredibly | | | | who once worked long hours. Some people even |
| popular in the 1920's, and today holds true to its | | | | inscribed names and dates on the bricks. California |
| beauty and grace. | | | | adobe was fairly easy to make and handle, and |
| When Padres were trying to get their missions | | | | lightweight for easy carrying. |