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Spanish Colonial Style, photo by Matt Walla, courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

This retrospective exhibition, the first in 90\u00a0years, celebrates the publication of a monograph on the work of two seminal Santa Barbara architects, who happen to be husband and wife.<\/p>\n

James Osborne Craig<\/a> is widely credited with establishing the Spanish Colonial style in Santa Barbara. He left two buildings of such potency\u2014even precocity, given his age\u2014completed posthumously, that one suspects he would have given George Washington Smith<\/a> ample competition if not for his premature death at the age of 33. One was Casa Santa Cruz, the house for Irene and Bernhard Hoffmann. The other was El Paseo, which set the standard for Santa Barbara’s architectural rebirth in the twenties and continues to be a reference today. His wife Mary McLaughlin Craig<\/a>, indelibly linked with the houses of Plaza Rubio, followed in his footsteps and established her own identity as an architectural designer for 36\u00a0years.\"Spanish<\/p>\n

Spanish Colonial Style: Santa Barbara and the Architecture of James Osborne Craig and Mary McLaughlin Craig<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0written by the Craigs’ granddaughter Pamela Skewes-Cox and architectural historian Robert Sweeney, was recently\u00a0published by Rizzoli, in conjunction with the Museum. The exquisite book includes a stunning collection of contemporary photos by Matt Walla.<\/p>\n

Experience the exhibition premiere with a cocktail reception, comments by noted architect and author Marc Appleton, and book signing by the authors, Pamela Skewes-Cox and architectural historian Robert Sweeney.<\/p>\n

Opening Reception<\/b>
\nOctober 22, 5:30\u00a0p.m.
\nExperience the exhibition premiere with a cocktail reception, comments by noted architect and author Marc Appleton, and book signing by the authors.\u00a0 Reservation required.<\/p>\n

Lecture<\/b>
\nOctober 23,<\/span>\u00a011\u00a0a.m.
\nPamela Skewes-Cox, author Spanish Colonial Style: Santa Barbara and the Architecture of James Osborne Craig and Mary McLaughlin Craig<\/i>, will give a presentation about the book and the lives of her grandparents. \u00a0\u00a0Reservation required.<\/p>\n

First Thursday<\/b>
\nNovember 5, 5-8\u00a0p.m.
\nJoin us to view the exhibition after-hours during Downtown Santa Barbara\u2019s art walk.\u00a0 Wine, music and family-friendly activities.<\/p>\n

All events take place at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum<\/a>, 136 E. De la Guerra St., 805\/966-1601.<\/p>\n

\u2014Leslie Dinaberg
\nOriginally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine<\/em><\/a> on October 16, 2015.<\/p>\n

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