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A primary example can be found in the 1927 Montclair, Oakland, firehouse, and in a more traditional English cottage-style in the 1930 Montclair branch library. Idora Park in north Oakland, California , is a four-square-block storybook architecture development begun in 1927 on the grounds of the old amusement park.
While her vision is complete, the designer is constantly tweaking her home's design, as the family's children (three under the age of eight!) grow and Ozburn’s style and tastes evolve.
As the concept of a "drive-in" shopping center was being created and popularized, the ranch style was a perfect style to fit into the large tracts of ranch homes being built. Commercial ranch buildings, such as supermarkets and strip malls, typically follow the residential style with simple rustic trim, stucco or board and batten siding ...
Florida cracker style house. Florida cracker architecture or Southern plantation style is a style of vernacular architecture typified by a low slung, wood-frame house, with a large porch. It was widespread in the 19th and early 20th century. Some elements of the style are still popular as a source of design themes.
In L.A.’s Hancock Park neighborhood, designer Ashley Lavonne Walker brings warmth and character to a historic 1904 home designed by Samuel Tilden Norton. This Cozy Craftsman-Style House Is the ...
The final Acadian-style house in Louisiana was constructed in 1911. After this, the Cajuns erected brick bungalows on concrete foundations, or mobile homes, which were similar in design to the houses of other Americans. [25] Pascal Poirier posits that late 19th-century houses in the Maritime provinces were constructed with gently sloping roofs ...
Ann Maine was the editor-in-chief of Traditional Home, a position she assumed in 2002.Maine had over 20 years of experience as an editor in the shelter magazine category during which she held editorial leadership positions at Country Home, Renovation Style, Country Gardens and the Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Media publications.
The American Foursquare or "Prairie Box" was a post-Victorian style, which shared many features with the Prairie architecture pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright.. During the early 1900s and 1910s, Wright even designed his own variations on the Foursquare, including the Robert M. Lamp House, "A Fireproof House for $5000", and several two-story models for American System-Built Homes.