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Swiss Chalet Revival architecture developed in the United States, emulating the original Swiss chalet style of Switzerland. [1] The style was popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century, approximately coinciding with the Arts and Crafts era. [1] [2] The Bomante House (1905) in Cleveland, Ohio, an example of Swiss Chalet Revival style.
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Southern I-House style home. An I-house is a two or three-story house that is one room deep with a double-pen, hall-parlor, central-hall or saddlebag layout. [15] New England I-house: characterized by a central chimney [16] Pennsylvania I-house: characterized by internal gable-end chimneys at the interior of either side of the house [16]
A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is single-storey, [1] sometimes with a smaller upper storey set in the roof and windows that come out from the roof, [2] and may be surrounded by wide verandas. [1] [3] The first house in England that was classified as a bungalow was built in 1869. [1]
Rising house prices nationwide through the late 1990s and early 2000s as well as the central and convenient location of many bungalow-heavy urban neighborhoods have further fueled demand for these houses; as one example, some three-bedroom bungalows in San Diego can sell for $650,000 to $700,000, or more.
Dingbat building named "The Mary & Jane" with styled balconies A stucco box. In a 1998 Los Angeles Times editorial about the area's evolving standards for development, the birth of the dingbat is retold (as a cautionary tale): "By mid-century, a development-driven southern California was in full stride, paving its bean fields, leveling mountaintops, draining waterways and filling in wetlands ...
The chalet first appeared in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's writings where it spread to France and then throughout Europe. The Swiss chalet style became a symbol of a simple, pastoral life built on democracy, freedom and a connection with nature. The wide variety of local styles and building materials was reduced to a wooden cottage with a gently ...
Over the years, the term 'chalet' changed to be applied generally to holiday homes, whether built in a strictly Alpine style or not. In Quebec French, any summer or holiday dwelling, especially near a ski hill, is called a chalet whether or not it is built in the style of a Swiss chalet; English-speaking Quebecers have adopted the term as well.