BUNGALOW / CRAFTSMAN STYLE 1905 - 1930
The Bungalow or Craftsman style was the dominant residential building form in America in the 1910s and 1920s. This style was based loosely on the open Bungalow house forms of India and was modified and popularized in California in the early 1900s. This house form gained enormous attention and designs were made available through pattern books. Companies such as Sears, Montgomery Ward, and the Alladin Company also popularized Bungalows through their mail order catalogs. In areas developed after 1910, such as along Linden Avenue and Oak Street, Bungalow and Craftsman designs predominate.
Many of the homes built in this style in the East Row area were built in gable front plans featuring wide eaves, large eaves brackets, and full width porches with brick pier columns. Decoration is found in leaded or stained glass windows and beveled leaded glass at entrances. Most are of brick construction and are rectangular, symmetrical plan designs. Similar plan residences in this style can be seen in the 600 blocks of Maple and Linden Avenues and along East Fourth Street. Smaller examples of the Bungalow Style of brick and frame are located in the 600 block of Oak Street. These residences were built after 1927 and have prominent gable or hipped dormers on the main facade and combination basement/garage area. After 1927 very little construction occurred in the East Row Historic District and there are no examples of Art Deco or Moderne residences of the 1930s.
Row of Bungalow Style residences in the 300 block of E. Fourth Street.
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