California Mission Architecture

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California Mission Architecture

• By Faith Brown Route
• And
• Eva Stoneburner

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Mission Architecture

• There are lots of houses and buildings in Palo
  Alto that look like the Missions. Mission
  features are things like
• Roof tiles and roof tops
• Arcades and corridors
• Arched windows and doors
• Doors that are very large and heavy, and made of
  wood
• Façades

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Roof Tiles and Roof Tops

• Roofs are made of clay tiles shaped over logs,
  not the workers legs as the legend says
• The tiles are fireproof and waterproof
• They last many decades
• They wont catch on fire when hit with a fire
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• These red roof tiles are common at Stanford
  University.

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Arcades and Corridors

• They are pretty and can have plants
• You can stay out of the rain and the sun
• The pillars were made of baked bricks
• The overhang kept the adobe brick from
  disintegrating in the rain

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Arched Doors and Windows

• Some windows had a tight oiled skin stretched
  across the opening.
• Windows were high to protect against Indian
  attacks.
• Some of the windows instead of oil skins they
  would have imported glass.
• The doorway was arched but the doors themselves
  were big, heavy, and rectangular.

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Niches and decorations

• Niches are behind statues on the front of the
  church
• Inside and outside the church are many beautiful
  designs from swirls to circles to flowers

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Façade

• Façades made the building look bigger
• When you go inside the building it is a different
  shape
• The façade is the face or front of the building

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• Photography and text by Faith and Eva
• They want to thank their mothers for their
  infinite patience
• Also Jake and Denny Brown for extensive techincal
  assisltance