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Lily of the Valley National Historic District |
Craftsman/Bungalow Style Architecture in the Lily of the Valley District (1900-1920)
The Arnold House 218 Little Avenue Often credited to the Greene and Greene brothers and their architectural firm in Pasadena, CA. In 1902-1903, the Brothers were influenced by the vernacular style of board and shingle buildings in California. The brothers depended most on wooden construction. The bungalow form became the common builder's house between 1910-1920. Numerous "bungalow books" promoted the new style and form. The type, with many variants, included these features: low, gabled, one or one-and-a-half storied house; front pitch of roof extended to shelter a large porch (incised porch). The first bungalows were supposedly modified from a very generalized Indian country vernacular form - Indian bungalows, hence the term. However, the only distinguishing feature of Indian bungalows consisted of the spreading roof extending over a porch surround. Nonetheless, the term "Bungalow" came to be used as a general term for any variant on this Indian theme throughout the U.S. Identified by low-pitched, gabled roof, wide overhang of eaves; decorative (false) beams or braces under gables; incised porch (beneath main roof); tapered, square columns supporting roof; 4-over-1 or 6-over-1 sash windows, often with Frank Lloyd Wright design motifs; hand- crafted stone or woodwork, often mixed materials throughout structure.
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