Bungalows, What They Really Are 
AQUATIC POOL AND RUSTIC SEAT—THE FITZGERALD HOME, DUARTE, CALIFORNIA 
in a similar manner, the panels being plastered. A 
large fireplace and brick mantel form an attractive 
feature of this room. Reference to the plan will 
show a very successful arrangement of the sleeping- 
rooms and conveniences for the family on one side of 
the living-room; on the other side the dining-room, 
facing east and south, with the kitchen department 
complete and servant’s room, placed to be as lit¬ 
tle in evidence as possible; an octagonal latticed 
and screened porch masks the outside kitchen 
entrance. 
The exterior walls are covered with cedar shingles, 
stained. The roof,which is unbroken by excrescences, 
has wide extending eaves. The chimney tops are of 
cobblestone laid in cement mortar with joints well 
raked out to give light and shade effects. Casement 
windows with small lights of glass lend a definite 
charm to the appearance of the house, which as a 
whole, possesses much merit in the frank combination 
of the useful and the artistic. 
A most satisfactory house is the bungalow of Mr. 
Lindsay, also located at Altadena. A very pleasing 
rusticity in the exterior appearance is given by the 
use of the trunks of small trees for porch columns 
and railings and the cobblestone work of the chimneys 
and foundations. The house is low-spreading and 
inviting; — the roof lines are good and are practically 
unbroken. From the two views given of the interior 
may be seen the general character of the finish and 
furnishings of houses of this type in Southern Cali¬ 
fornia—indicative of the great amount of comfort pos¬ 
sible with minimum expenditure of care and energy. 
It must not be inferred that bungalows and houses 
of similar character are confined to Southern Califor¬ 
nia in this country. The conditions of climate, 
however, render them particularly suitable for all the 
year occupancy there. 
In recent years they have been found on both sides 
of the Continent to be ideal for summer houses either 
at the seashore or in the mountains. Long Island 
has many examples of them, while the New Jersey 
coast resorts and inland towns are replete with them, 
and the general favor accorded them has resulted 
in very many having been erected for such uses. 
The “Encyclopaedia Britannica” says; “The Bun¬ 
galow is the kind of house occupied by Europeans in 
the interior of India. It is a one storied thatched 
or tiled house usually surrounded by a veranda. 
Houses of masonry with terraced roofs are dis¬ 
tinguished as ‘ packa-houses. ’ The name is a 
corruption of the native word bangla —Bengalese— 
and probably refers to the first place or district, where 
the native house of similar form was noticed by 
Europeans. ” 
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