St Louis Commercial Real Estate For sale, Thomas P. Barnett Spanish Mission
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Smith and Barnett: The Spanish Revivalists
George Washington Smith was born in Pennsylvania in 1876 on George Washington’s birthday. He was the son of a famous Pennsylvania engineer, and studied painting at the Pennsylvania academy of Fine Arts. He later made his way to Harvard University where he studied in architecture.
Smith moved to California and designed and built his own home in Montecito, modeled after the Spanish farmhouses he so admired in Andalusia. The house he built, known as Casa Dracaena was beautifully successful, and images of the property were used as adds to sell certain kinds of tile and cement for other building projects. His neighbors started to want to live in similar buildings, and Smith became a full time architect to fulfill the demand. He became one of the most famous architects in the United States.
Smith is credited as the father of the Spanish Colonial Revival Style. His original Montecito home, as well as “Casa Del Greco”, his second self-designed residences next door, built in 1920, are still extant today as family residences.
The Spanish style is always in high demand in the United States, as seen across the nation in other forms of Spanish style, like the Spanish mission style. A great example is the Spanish Mission Deco style that was a style-fusion that happened in the 1920’s. T.P. Barnett’s Spanish Deco building in St. Louis on the famous Washington Ave. is a great example of that.
Thomas P. Barnett’s father was one of the most prominent architects in St. Louis, and Thomas went on to carry the family flag with pride. When George I. Barnett died in 1898, his two sons George D. and Thomas P. would go on to further contribute to the rich architectural history of St. Louis. The boys would eventually come to create Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett with their brother in law John Haynes. All of them had trained with the elder Barnett, and all of them were imbued with the same spirit, talent, and artistry.
Together, George Washington Smith and Thomas P. Barnett have changed the face of Spanish Mission Revivalist architecture. These guys certainly weren’t practicing the more cosmetic forms of Spanish revivalism, their buildings were head to toe authentic and intricate in their construction, and their buildings are still thoroughly enjoyed today for their beauty and history.
Thomas P Barnett created some of the most beautiful buildings in the Art Deco Spanish Mission architecture period in the early 1900’s. Mark Bradley is a historic building renovation specialist. The Original Plans for The Thomas P Barnet Historic building in St Louis can be downloaded for free go to: http://www.3207washington.com/
9 Responses to “St Louis Commercial Real Estate For sale, Thomas P. Barnett Spanish Mission”
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I love both of these architect’s work, but I give the edge to Washington. Yes, I know Barnett did more work on Historic Buildings St Louis.
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