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Fig. 1—Cobblestones and brown-stained shingles are used for the exterior of this bungalow 
Bungalows of Interesting lype 
By Robert Prescott 
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type of houses which have been erected 
in lower California during the past few 
years, the more one appreciates the value 
of the bungalow, which has become of 
peculiar interest to the home builder of 
that section of the country. So free in 
architectural form and simple in construction has this kind 
of building become in its conception that it has fixed a 
standard which is now accepted as the best type of bunga- 
low now being built. There is no question but that this 
style of building is the cheapest example of frame con- 
struction that can be erected at the present time, and, while 
there is no doubt as to its being best suited to the climatic 
conditions of the western coast, it can also be easily adapted 
to the needs of the people of the East. The cheapness of 
these buildings is, of course, the direct result of the char- 
acter of their construction, for while a cellar, for instance, 
is necessary for a dwelling of any kind built in the East, 
which is to be used for both winter and summer, it is 
eliminated in California for the reason that the climatic 
conditions are such as to make it perfectly safe to health 
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to dispense with this part of the house. Many of the 
bungalows in California are designed by architects who 
have made of them a special study. But in most instances, 
especially in the ones illustrated in this paper, they have 
been planned and built under the direction of the owner 
and are the more interesting on account of the fact that 
they represent his or her individual taste,-which necessarily 
brings about a greater variety of design and of materials 
than could otherwise be found had they been constructed 
under more conservative conditions. 
The bungalow built for Mrs. A. F. Miller, at Pasadena, 
California, and illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, is of a 
more pretentious type than many of the buildings of the 
sort presented in this article. It is constructed of brown- 
stained shingles for the exterior treatment, and has ample 
stone chimneys and porch columns. A study of the plan 
will show a large living-room with an open fireplace built of 
stone, a dining-room with a built-in buffet, a kitchen, three 
bedrooms and a bathroom, while a semisecond story in- 
cludes extra guest rooms and servants’ quarters. The 
living-room and the dining-room are trimmed with 
redwood, the former having a beamed ceiling and the 
Fig. 2—The living-room 
Fig. 3—Floor plan 
Fig. 4—The dining-room 
