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Welcome to santa rosa California City with a hidden here among the multi storied businesses and national retail outlets, the adventurous person can trace santa rosa's distinguished and varied architectural, A homogenous blend of 19th and 20th century architecture, combined with a civic attitude that fosters preservation make
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santa rosa. The city designed for living. Santa Rosa has been an urban center since the beginning of California's American period in the 1850s and throughout the town is a hidden city recording this long, one of the most obvious but very subtle elements are the very streets
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themselves, the urban form of santa just as much as the buildings. These streets are pointers in time to the very earliest beginnings of the city, santa rosa grew outward from the points where the indian trails following santa rosa spring and Matanzas Creek's converge. This intersection was
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marked for centuries by indian villages and from the 18 fifties by a public plaza donated by Julio Carrillo, owner of the rancho cabeza de santa rosa, the rancho upon which santa rosa stand and barney home. First developer of santa rosa. The original town site was the
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square parcel of 140 acres served by 60 ft Street streets and lots fanned out over the santa rosa. The strategic geographic location of santa rosa brought vigorous growth and it quickly became the business and professional center of a growing agricultural and lumbering county. This
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vigorous commerce was enhanced by the rail network that came to town in the 1870s connecting santa rosa with nearby communities and the nation. While horses and carriages still characterize the rural and agricultural nature of the town, they soon shared the streets with busy trolley lines that
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threaded the city carrying citizens goods and merchants throughout the town and out as far as Mcdonald Avenue and Sebastian, by the turn of the century, the town presented a picture of quiet contract with farming and rural serenity, easily blending with the eager promise of a developing
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city. This tranquility was abruptly interrupted. Early one morning in 1906 shattered the town and its many buildings that weren't destroyed by the tremors were burned to the ground by the ensuing fires and this event reshaped the face of santa rosa. By the time the earthquake struck,
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santa rosa was already in the sight of a rich variety of buildings. The rebuilding effort brought forth a fresh harvest of architecture from the, the major elements of these architectural styles persist. Even now, the hidden city of today is a mirror in time of santa rosa's
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cultural santa rosa has always been a governmental place and the people have proudly built their civic buildings around architecture that speaks of the importance of the city to its surroundings to court houses were built and demolished in what is today. The courthouse square and the governmental
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style, such as gable roofs and classical columns continue to show up generation. The style called the classic revival is masterfully illustrated by these Panamint Gables and fancy eave brackets on the Metzger home in the ST rose district, the pediment gable is the triangular roof form which
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was originally copied from the greek architect. Classic architecture has been a strong element of design continuity over time and has been used for residences such as Luther Burbank's home as well as churches, government buildings and even modern commercial bill. The Gothic style of medieval times was
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used in an attempt to create the Grand cathedral look in everyday buildings such as churches, houses and schools, Santa Rosa High School, built in 1924 by local architect William Fulton. Herbert is an excellent example of the Gothic style. Here we see gargoyles poised as fearsome centuries
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in the face shift, so typical of the style and its medieval, strong evidence of Gothic architecture is also given by steeply pitched roofs and pointed arches. Design features found in many homes as well as public. Another example of medieval inspired style, queen Anne's always use non
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symmetrical forms in their construction and architects will go to great pains to avoid plain geometric shapes in their design. Thus, queen ants are marked by rounded tourists, jutting bay windows and pattern shingles for decoration. While the turret is often the most striking element design, it is
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not mandatory and the basic design can be employed. The enduring popularity of the queen and theme is shown by its widespread use even today in new construction, somewhat in contrast to the Queen, an american Colonial Revival and Georgian style buildings are usually distinguished by symmetrical forms,
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Bold white columns, often stretched to the roof line on the porches of these homes reflecting a traditional american theme of solid. Often this type of building will feature a fancy entryway and fan light above the door as a part of the gracious, the dutch gambrel roof,
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as well as the symmetrical english cottage, were transported from New England and the south, bringing yet another element of style and taste. Further interest in our american heritage can also be seen in the Mission and spanish Revival style that evolved when Californians discovered the spanish traditions
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of our state. The Native Sons Building, erected in 1907, is the only building built originally for a fraternal organization left in Santa Rosa. It was once one of many grand lodge halls that served the city Spanish architectural revival was a mark of the romantic response to
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California's history of missions and ranchos and was the beginning of a California building style that gradually evolved into ranch styles of the 1940s, santa rosa has also shown architectural creativity throughout the For example, the stick Eastlake designs of the 1880s blended decorative trusses, exposed Rafter ends
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or brackets, raised trim, ornate braces on the porches and spindles on the rain. Many California Bungalow houses built between 1900 and 1930 look exactly as they did the day. They inviting veranda, low roof line, are the marks
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of the and many recent arrivals to the state sent back portraits taken in front of a bungalow to describe their, The art deco of the 1930s features soft or rounded corners, Stucco, horizontal grooves bands and an overall streamlined. The look seems futuristic in the 1930s and
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still seems to be beckoning us into a more progressive in contrast to art deco, our santa rosa stone structures, italian stonemasons, quarried basalt stone at an Adele farms and created a number of exceptional basalt stone buildings in the area such as the original Carnegie library. Many
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of these buildings still exist like the hotel arose, the western hotel, the northwestern pacific Railroad Depot and the beautiful ST rose church. Over the years, these buildings have become a part of santa rosa's architectural heritage, each a testimony to the creative energy of those who have
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gone before walking the streets of santa rosa. You are walking down the streets of sometimes the efforts of past generations are very visible past lives of several generations character of preserved through the style of homes they chose and the material santa
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rosa has preserved the essence of its history and much remains to uncover, preserve and enjoy. Come with us now and you will discover the hidden city