The sources cited below provide critical commentary regarding the people, organizations, institutions, and events that contribute to the significance of Bay Area Tradition architecture and public art.
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- Bernard Maybeck. Artisan, Architect, Artist . Santa Barbara and Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith, Inc.
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- Sacred Places of San Francisco . Novato: Presidio Press.
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- Garnett, Porter. 2003.
- The Stately Homes of California . University Press of the Pacific.
- Gebhard, David, et al. 1979.
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