we are in maine and just bought this house in tacoma. have been subscribers to ambung for many years but have not run across this style before. i know it is art and crafts, but i have hesitated to call it a bungalow. the houses around in the neighbrohoods look more traditional, porches and columns, etc. sorry to be posting a link instead of a pic, but we are in the throes of trying to move crosscountry and things are scattered. any comments on style would be appreciated. don and pat

http://www.redfin.com/WA/Tacoma/2316-N- ... me/2960358

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Ann Berget- Looks like a post-WWII cottage to me. We have some of these in Minneapolis, and I have seen them in Memphis too.

American Bungalow- I thought the same Cottage- thanks Ann!

Vernon L Townsend-It's conceivable that it's still an Arts and Craft, cottage style..

Adam Soltani- Before I read the replies I thought Cottage Bungalow

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gleaned the words 'cottage style' from the previous post and found this link

http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/planning/C ... ersion.pdf

this is a nice pdf which definitely shows how my house fits into the cottage style. the link has other style info, too. thanks all, don e.

any thots on how to pull a pdf jpeg out and post it here? have some other pics and find the explanation of architectural details of interest. clipped gables and oriental-influence rear dormer.

it's all just fascinating eye-candy until you own a house with features, history, that you can see and touch. i grew up in bungalows in highland park, in los angeles. they caught my fancy very early on. when i was a kid i loved to ride my bike over to pasadena and just oogle. don e.

Dear deng43, your bungalow is quite cute. Here in Portland, Oregon and in neighborhoods throughout Seattle as well there are lots of these cottage style bungalows. Yes, sometimes they have porches but lots of times they have steps just like yours and a little bracketed roof covering. Here this style was typically built starting around 1918 to the late 1920's, some as gables and some, as yours, with what we refer to as a Dutch gable but in preservation or architectural terminology is called a jerkinhead. Many houses such as yours have a colonial floor plan organization - front door in the center with a dining room to one side and the living room to the other. Many have built-in bookshelf cabinets under small casement windows to either side of the living room fireplace Stairs go parallel to the roof ridge and are often located straight ahead from the front door. Sometimes walls with divided light French or pocket doors enclose some of these spaces but more often one enters straight into the living room. Many of these houses were built with another gable form coming off the back of the house making the house plan a "T". In this section are often a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen downstairs and more attic storage or perhaps a small bedroom upstairs. A lovely, compact home like this is not only charming but you'll find it is easier to heat. Just shows that the old builders certainly knew a thing or two about economical living.

lesanimaux,

thanks for the comments. we are all moved in and quite pleased. the house is much as you describe, without the t gable to the rear, but the upstairs bedroom is 350ft2 and the adjoining bath another 150ft2, so economy wasn't a big thought. i doubt that the big upstairs room is quite orginal, but i cannot imagine what it did look like. the downstairs is closer to orignal, unless it came with white-painted trim. no built-ins either, but i brought all my woodworking machinery and several hundred feet of red oak with, so my spare time will be well-spent. thinking about plans for a greene&greene style mantle and book cases to the sides. the granite fireplace is a stunner. some would quibble with g&g here, but i do love the lines so. don e.