Bungalow (1900 - 1945)
The Bungalow style is an American invention, popularized in California in the early 20th century. It was brought to Canada in the early 1910s.
Bungalow Houses Are Important, Too
Highly modified houses, but still well maintained
Two-flat bungalows, unique to the Buffalo area ...
Bungalow House Pictures
Small homes from the early 20th century
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BUNGALOW / CRAFTSMAN (c.1910-c.1935)
The Bungalow style became popular across the country after the turn of the Twentieth century. This style is used almost exclusively for residential buildings.
Bungalow Courts
The first bungalow court, designed by Sylvanus Marston, was built in Pasadena in 1909. The style had its roots in either the Spanish patio villa or the summer cabin resort in the woods.
Bungalow
1-1.5 stories
The word "bungalow" has its origin in British India, where it was used to describe one-story houses with encircling porches. In California, where the term was first applied in the U.S.
The bungalow was adapted from the type of housing found in India. With low roof lines and verandahs, the main living room was centrally placed surrounded by secondary rooms and porches.
Bungalow -- Common house form of the early 20th century distinguished by horizontal appearance, wide eaves, large porches and multi-light doors and windows.
Capital -- The head of a column or pilaster.
bungalow - A bungalow is modest in size and scale; is one or one-and-one-half stories high;-is low to the ground in appearance; has a rectangular or square shape; has deep roof overhangs and wide eaves; has a porch across the facade, in front, ...
Bungalow - Californian - Architectural style popular for houses of the 1920s and early 1930s.
A "Bungalow" is a single-storey house, often with overhanging roof, broad eaves and verandahs.
Bungalow - Usually single story or one and a half story house. On a per unit area basis bungalows are more expensive to construct than two story houses because a larger foundation and roof area is required for the same living area.
having many bungalows.
bungaloid
a 20th-century style dwelling, usually of one story, imitative of the true bungalow form characterized by low, sweeping roof gables and a large verandah in the front.
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Antebellum, Bungalow, Craftsman Bungalow, Greek Revival, Italianate, Neoclassical, Queen Anne, Tudor Revival
Roof Types
Gable, Hipped, Mansard, Shed, Saltbox, Pyramidal, Gambrel, Flat
Shingles ...
The term Ashgrovian was coined from the prolific number of these dwellings constructed in the Interwar period and was an adaptation of the Bungalow style which was popular in the early parts of the 20th century.
Elephantine Columns - Tapered; used as porch supports on Bungalows.
Entablature - Horizontal detailing above a classical column and below a pediment, consisting of cornice, frieze and architrave.
Exedra - Wall alcove with bench space ...
Due to the overall warm and inviting appeal, cottages are perfect vacation homes that do well in a lake or wilderness setting. Cottages have also been referred to as bungalows or cabins because of their size and tendency to be vacation homes, ...
The sloping member in a roof system that supports the sheathing and roof covering. Exposed rafters are common in Bungalow and Craftsman style homes.
Rustication ...
Rafter - A roof beam sloping from the ridge to the wall. In most houses, rafters are visible from the attic. In styles such as a craftsman bungalows and some "rustic" contemporaries, they are exposed.
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