More than eighty years ago, Donald R. Hannaford and Revel Edwards, two young architects, were appalled by the continuing disappearance of the old Spanish colonial buildings in California. They spent four years tracking them down, photographing, sketching, and making measured drawings of them.

More than eighty years ago, Donald R. Hannaford and Revel Edwards, two young architects, were appalled by the continuing disappearance of the old Spanish colonial buildings in California. They spent four years tracking them down, photographing, sketching, and making measured drawings of them.