| Styles of Homes: Eclectic Period 1880–1940. Craftsman & Bungalow 1905–1930. |
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Orientations of structure |
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Wood,,
clapboard,
wood
shingles,
stone,
brick,
concrete
block,
stucco |
Horizontal |
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Low-pitched, gabled roof with wide, unenclosed eave overhang;
roof rafters usually exposed; decorative (false) beams
or braces commonly added under gables; porches with roof
supported by tapered square columns; stylized windows with
geometric patterns of small-pane glazing.
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| Architectural Features |
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| Entrance Door |
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- Panel
- Geometric patterns matching windows
- Often decorative details around door
- Often hidden in deep porch
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| Garage Door |
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- Horizontal orientation
- Geometric patterns
- Prairie-style lites
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| Style Summary |
Arts & Crafts houses were inspired primarily by the work of two
California brothers—Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather
Greene—who practiced together in Pasadena from 1893 to
1914. About 1903 they began to design simple Craftsman-type
bungalows; by 1909 they had designed and executed several
exceptional landmark examples that have been called the
“ultimate bungalows.”
Several influences—the English Arts and Crafts movement, an
interest in oriental wooden architecture, and their early training
in the manual arts—appear to have led the Greenes to design
and build these intricately detailed buildings. Through publicity
in magazines, pattern books, and pre-cut packages of lumber,
the one-story Craftsman house quickly became the most
popular and fashionable smaller house in the country. One story vernacular examples are often called simply bungalows.
A close relative of this style is Prairie style, developed by an unusually creative group of Chicago architects that have become known as the Prairie School. Frank Lloyd Wright’s early work is in this style and he is acknowledged master of the Prairie house.
Excerpted from A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia and
Lee McAlester, Alfred Knopf, New York, © 2000. |
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