The hallmarks of the Renaissance Revival Style are a stucco exterior, tile roof
and heavy and often ornate classical details, such as a heavy bracketed cornice. The style was inspired by the great
palazzos of the Italian Renaissance. The plan is usually symetrical, often employing a center hall entrance plan.
This style as well as Spanish Colonial Revival and Spanish Mission Revival are sometimes
mistakenly put together in a single group called "mediterranean." Although all have in common a tile roof and stucco
exterior, this is an otherwise inaccurate grouping, given the very different origins and nature of the styles.
