Winter 1998 - Issue No. 20
One of our most diverse groups, these photos sent in by our readers span the
gamut from a rambling English Gothic-style complex to a diminutive house for a bungalow bowser.
Architectural
details:
What bungalow-era details are seen in these houses?
Answer appears
below...
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Ferndale, MI, Bruce Roffi
This is a photo of my bungalow-style garden shed. I designed and built it several years ago
using solid lumber and a door salvaged from a nearby house. This spring I took the time to
finish off the exterior walls with cedar shingles that were long set aside for the job. It's a
handy thing to have and looks good from the kitchen window.
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Ormond Beach, FL, Pat Griesinger and George Rousis
Our 1913, 3,500-square-foot bungalow is located on the Intracoastal Waterway here in Ormond Beach.
The foundation is redwood and coquina, a rock native to this area. Outstanding features include
the living room and dining room wainscoting, the beautiful maple flooring downstairs and the
heart pine floors upstairs. Despite the spacious interior, our largest challenge is two tiny baths
and very limited closets on the first floor.
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Santa Rosa, CA, Errol Mecherikoff
My business is designing and building Craftsman-style homes, but recently I was invited to
create a doghouse as part of a fund-raiser for
Canine Companions. Mine, naturally, was a doggy bungalow replete with a stone and stucco
chimney, copper roofing, shingled siding and leaded-glass windows. The 12-square-foot Greene and
Greene-style house had a completely detailed interior with area rugs and cost $208 per square
foot to build. It may be a bit pricey, but every civilized dog, I feel, needs its own bungalow.
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Sparkill, NY, Les Ginsberg
Here is a picture of a bungalow I recently built 25 miles north of New York City. I tried to combine the traditional "homey" feeling with modern concepts of light and space to make the most livable environment that I could. We are enjoying the house very much, and I hope my family will do so for many generations to come.
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Edmonton, Alberta, Michael Cherry
This rather special 1911 Craftsman home was donated to the Fort Edmonton Historical Foundation, which moved it to a historical building site at a local park. The house is virtually unchanged, with the original steam heating system, plumbing fixtures, lights, windows and built-in cupboards and bookcases. The foundation is raising funds to restore the interior, and I am proud to be a contributor to that fund.
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Evanston, IL, Nalisa Ward
Our Sears kit home was built in 1926. We know it is the Oakdale model because through the years
owners have passed along the catalog page. We fell in
love with the two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow because of the hardwood floors, woodwork,
leaded-glass windows and built-ins. Owners have always pampered this home, and luckily there
was no work to undo when we bought it. We are moving into a Four-square that will provide our
growing family with a little more space, but we wanted to share a photo before we left.
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Elizabethtown, PA, Daniel Summers
I thought readers might enjoy seeing this picture of the Masonic Homes Campus in
Elizabethtown. It is built in the English Gothic style and dates from 1911. The buildings
are quite Arts and Crafts in their many embellishments; all of the woodwork I have seen is oak,
while the exteriors are stone with slate roofs. There are beautiful gardens and points of
interest that would appeal to readers who visit the area.
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Monrovia, CA, Steve Cummings
This California bungalow was built in 1923 and has been in my family since 1950.
The original grounds included formal and informal English gardens, a sunken garden and
a grape arbor, which were removed in 1933 to make room for a rear house. The front house
is largely original, with a built-in display case, writing desk and window seats in the
living room, and a built-in dresser in the front bedroom. The rear bedroom was a screened
sleeping porch, but windows were added sometime later.
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Bungalow-era Details:
Attention to detail and craftsmanship were hallmarks of the Arts and Crafts movement,
even in the most modest home. Compare the clapboard siding, rafter tails and
decorative vent slats of the Evanston, Ill., and Monrovia, Calif., homes to
today's typical suburban track home.
Some new houses-like the Sparkill, N.Y., bungalow-bring it off,
with its gently curving porch opening, reminiscent of the larger Edmonton, Canada historic home.
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