Editing Santa Barbara, California (section)

==Architecture==
{{see also|City of Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks|National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Barbara County, California}}
The first Monterey-style adobe in California was built on State Street of Santa Barbara by the wealthy merchant Alpheus Thompson.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Redmon|first1=Michael|title=Alpheus Thompson|url=http://www.independent.com/news/2014/oct/01/alpheus-thompson/ |work=[[Santa Barbara Independent]]|date=October 1, 2014}}</ref> The dominant architectural themes of Santa Barbara are the [[Mediterranean Revival architecture|Mediterranean Revival]], [[Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] and the related [[Mission Revival style architecture|Mission Revival style]], encouraged through design guidelines adopted by city leaders after the 1925 earthquake destroyed much of the downtown commercial district.<ref>{{Cite report|title=Spanish Colonial Revival|url=https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=39180|access-date=May 29, 2021|publisher=City of Santa Barbara|department=Historic Resources|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505162628/https://www.santabarbaraca.gov/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=39180|url-status=dead}}</ref> Residential architectural styles in Santa Barbara reflect the era of their construction. Many late-1800s [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] homes remain downtown and in the "Upper East" neighborhood. [[California Bungalow|California bungalows]] are common, built in the early decades of the 20th century. Spanish Colonial Revival-style homes built after 1925 are common all over the city, especially in newer upscale residential areas like [[Montecito, California|Montecito]] and [[Hope Ranch, California|Hope Ranch]]. Notable modernist and contemporary homes can be found as well.

Notable architects who practiced in Santa Barbara include:<ref>Andree, Herb, and Noel Young. ''Santa Barbara Architecture: from Spanish Colonial to Modern''. Second edition. With photographs by Wayne McCall and an introduction by [[David Gebhard]]. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1980.</ref> 
* [[Peter J. Barber]] (1830–1905)
* [[James Osborne Craig]] (died 1922)
* [[Mary Craig (architect)|Mary Craig]] (1889–1964)
* [[Reginald Davis Johnson]] (1882–1952)
* [[Harriet Moody]] (1891–1966)
* [[John Frederic Murphy]] (1887–1957)
* [[Thomas Nixon (architect)|Thomas Nixon]] (died 1919) 
* [[Edwards and Plunkett]] (active 1925 to 1940) 
* [[Lutah Maria Riggs]] (1896–1984)
* [[Winsor Soule]] (1883–1954)
* [[Francis Townsend Underhill]] (1863–1929)
* [[Francis W. Wilson]] (1870–1947)
* [[Carleton Winslow]] (1876–1946)
* [[George Washington Smith (architect)|George Washington Smith]] (1876–1930)