Monterey Colonial Architecture

One of the few architectural styles emerging out of the New World, beginning in the 1800's Californians blended New England and Spanish Colonial styles into two story, adobe, prominently balconied creations. They featured simple roofs and few decorations, long windows and a very simple design.

Although they’re listed as “regional specific” to southern California, a somewhat modified version can be found along the East Coast, except featuring wood clapboard or shiplap siding instead of Adobe. On both coasts, timber frame construction has replaced adobe in newer construction homes.

If this style is strangely familiar to you, it may be because the Doback house featured in the movie Stepbrothers was in fact a Monterey Colonial. Listed by D-Man Realty.