In Search of Bungalows 
FIG. 6—“THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MOONLIGHT DEEPENED 
THE SHADOWS OF LEAF AND TREE ” 
trees, we found the original bungalow ol Pasadena 
and Southern California. It was the hrst and still 
remains among the most characteristic of the type 
and close to the ideal. There were other bunga¬ 
lows, but somehow or other they recalled to us the 
bungalows of New England, or those which New 
Yorkers build, from the graft they filch, down on 
the coast of New jersey. 
We had a newspaper friend at Los Angeles, and 
we appealed to him. “Have you seen the bungalow 
village at Santa Monica?” “Not yet.” Then he 
led the way. Duplicate of Asbury or Atlantic City, 
but there we’d call them cottages, wouldn’t we ? 
Up on Mt. Wilson, however, was our choice of 
bungalows. We had to reach it by burro, an exhda- 
rating ride up through the mountains. On top the 
mountain, we must stay overnight. “ Each 
room, you know, is a bungalow,” the hotelier 
explained, as he led forestward. 
Built in a circle around the cone of the 
mountain were perhaps a dozen bungalows, 
unpainted, primitive frames, each with its 
porch to command the gorgeous view of the 
valley. The pines and the larches sang through 
the night, and from our bed we could peep 
out through the trees into the moon-filled 
valley. Fig. 6. 
Regretfully we passed on to Santa Barbara. 
The old del-a-Guerra place, dating back to 
the times of Mexican rule, well-nigh, they 
told us was the ancestor of the bungalow in 
the West, Fig. 7. And out at Pacific Grove 
near Monterey, we found its most modern 
exponent, in the cottage erected by the world- 
famous Loeb to live in while he experiments 
with the secrets of life. His “little low bun¬ 
galow, ” he calls it. 
Northward, in the valleys near St. Helena, 
one meets the bungalows too, and out in their 
gardens they have bird houses, larger than 
most dog-kennels, in which the sweet songsters 
disport the year through, Fig. 8. “Bird 
bungalows, ” they term them. 
At Sacramento the “bungalow” has a style 
of its own. Fig. 9, and down at Fresno it is 
still quite another. There, public buildings 
in the “ bungalow” style are approached by 
tempting pergolas, that add greatly to the 
effect. Fig. 10. 
Nor is the West alone in the posses¬ 
sion of bungalows or the ability to misap¬ 
ply the name. Out on Lake Pontchartrain, 
near New Orleans, people speak of having 
their bungalows too. Fig. ii. There though, 
these are little better than fishing club-houses 
as the photo attests. 
Such wide variation of ideas as to what 
constitutes a bungalow is remarkable m the 
light of all that has been written and published 
in recent years relating to and descriptive of 
this most popular type of house. Because a house 
is one story in height, it does not follow that it 
is a bungalow. Simplicity of design, unbroken 
roof lines and freedom from extraneous ornament 
are some of the primary requirements. The form 
has much to do with the style—low studded walls, 
wide extending eaves and a hospitable entrance-way 
go far towards entitling the subject to bear rightfully 
the coveted title. How long it may be before the 
popularity of this style wanes and gives way to some¬ 
thing else remains to be seen. The characteristics 
which have made the bungalow popular will insure 
its supremacy with people of good taste. It is the 
embodiment of many recognized principles ol true art. 
FIG. 7 — “THE ANCESTOR OF THE BUNGALOW IN THE WEST 
