id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-167 Architecture of the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 9091 879 58 Post-contact late-19th-century Hawaiian architecture shows various foreign influences such as the Victorian, Georgian, and early-20th-century Spanish Colonial Revival style. The Spanish colonial architecture in the United States was markedly different from the European styles adopted in other parts of America such as the simple French colonial houses in the Mississippi Valley, which were consisted of adjoining rooms that opened upon a galerie.[4] The Spanish architecture (particularly evident in ecclesiastical establishments) built in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Florida, and Georgia was similar to the design adopted in Mexico.[4] According to scholars, the Spaniards built without any consideration to the cost, believing that their tenure in America would be eternal.[5] Americans looked to affirm their independence in the domains of politics, economics, and culture with new civic architecture for government, religion, and education. European architects who emigrated to the United States before World War II launched what became a dominant movement in architecture, the International Style. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-167.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-167.txt