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Craftsman Bungalow

A 1926 BOOK OF HOUSE PLANS

These illustrations are from a 1926 book of house plans and illustrate the range of home styles offered by builders in the 1920's.

The look of this home is heavily influenced by the work of Charles and Henry Greene in California.

A lovely illustration of a home which is almost purely Arts & Crafts in inspiration. Many homes in Vickery Place, the Belmont neighborhood, Lakewood Heights, and Junius Heights look a lot like this one.

The symmetrical placement of windows and the neoclassical elements of the front stoop graft a Colonial motif onto a home which is substantially Craftsman Style. Notice the triple-ganged windows on either side of the porch.

This home would be right at home in Munger Place. Just look at the full-width front porch, with its roof supported by massive corner supports. The dormer is also familiar from Munger Place.

In spite of the hip roof with its broad overhang (characteristic of Prairie Style), this home achieves a neoclassical feeling by using lighter-scale porch pillars and by adding a front-facing gable which looks like it came right off the Parthenon.

The planbook says, "American tourists in Europe are always favorably impressed by the cottage homes of England. They speak enthusiastically of the appearance of solid comfort they convey." This version of an English Tudor Cottage has the asymmetrical lines typical of Tudor homes in Greenland Hills, Hollywood Addition, and Lakewood's Country Club Estates.

The symmetrical window placement and small front stoop make this home neoclassical. But the roof has been carefully shaped to mimic the straw-thatched roofs of English cottages from the 1600's. The rounded "eyebrows" above the second-story windows are typical of straw-thatched roofs. This same effect is seen on many homes in Greenland Hills, Vickery Place, and Oak Cliff.