In Alta California, present day California, the style developed differently, being too far for imported building materials and without skilled builders, into a strong simple version for building the missions between 1769 and 1823.
During the summers of 1926-1928, Spratling lectured on colonial architecture at the National University of Mexico's Summer School.
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