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Craftsman style bungalows usually sat several feet up from ground level and usually had fairly prominent entrances, often centered on a porch with approx half a dozen steps from ground up to porch level. Windows often had many small panes in upper sash with a single large pane on lower sash. Here in the Atlanta area Craftsman style/Arts & Crafts style bungalow are selling for astronomical prices compared to other styles of homes in similar neighborhoods on a $/sq.ft. basis. In northern and southern Calif. they are out of reach for most working folks. This style would certainly be appropriate for even a modern era layout in any state of preservation, from inner city deterioated and possibly turned into a run down plumbing supply business to an upscale neighborhood with a yuppie SUV parked out front. For you modelers in the "windy city", bungalows were almost universally brick due to a 'no wood' building ordinance; also front porches were less common there, replaced by a 'front room' due to your winter weather. As one drives around the backroads of America, small bungalows are less evident, and when you find one, you'll notice that it is sited closer to the ground than its counterparts in most cities. Many small farm houses had tapered 'elephant leg' columns added to mimic Craftsman bungalows. Not just Sears, but quite a few other firms offered catalog homes often sold on a kit basis to home owners or contractors. Most of these pre-fab homes enjoyed a good reputation for structural integrity, etc. A great source for correct 'arts & crafts' period color schemes is Sherwin-Williams-they have a brochure specific to 'arts & crafts' colors. A trip to Borders or Barnes & Noble will yield numerous reference sources dedicated to this style of architecture; if anyone needs specific title/author info ask me. . ".American Bungalow" magazine is a wonderful resource that is also stocked at the above book stores. I will be kitbashing and scratchbuilding quite a few of these homes for my new L&N layout and will update this post on my progress/sources of stuff, etc.if there's sufficient interest. As an aside, many small(er) town RR depots shared many architectural features with bungalows-clapboard siding, exposed rafter tails, gables and/or hip roofs and often with dormers, bracketed eaves and similar windows!
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