AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
June, 1906 
A Group of California Bungalows 
Well Adapted for Eastern Requirements 
By Paul Thurston 
GHE bungalows of Southern California are 
enthusiastically pronounced, by a large pro- 
portion of their owners and occupants, as 
the most attractive homes of modern cost 
to be found anywhere, and certainly it must 
be conceded that they are unusual in their 
design and construction, and are distinctive in their interior 
plan and decoration, as well as in their outer appearance. 
The California bungalow is seemingly indigenous to the 
climate of the “Land of Sunshine,” and is for the most part 
built according to the location and climatic conditions for 
which it is intended. 
The bungalows are only built one story or one story and 
a half in height, and are set close to the grade, which is 
usually one step from the ground, and in most cases have 
great surfaces of roof, with overhanging eaves, which usually 
sweep down over the piazzas and porches, forming a roof 
for the same, and presenting a low, squatty effect. When a 
second story is added, for the purpose of meeting the owner’s 
requirements, it is built, so far as it is possible, so that it may 
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I—A “ Cottage” Bungalow Built for Seymour E. Locke, Esq., at Pasadena, California. 
Contains Eight Rooms and Bath. Cost, $3,800 Complete 
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