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St. Andrews Bungalow Court is a grouping of bungalows built in 1919–20 in the Colonial Revival style in Hollywood, California. Based on the structures' well-preserved multi-family courtyard architecture, the grouping was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [2] [1] The listing included 15 contributing buildings. [2]
The Hollywood Melrose Hotel, also known previously as the Melrose Arms and later as the Monte Cristo Island Apartments, is a historic building on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Designed by S. Charles Lee, the structure was built in 1927. It has been used both as a hotel and apartments over the years of its existence, with commercial ...
A bungalow court is a style of small housing development which features several small, usually detached houses arranged around a central garden or yard. The bungalow court was created in Pasadena, California , in 1909 and was the predominant form of multi-family housing in Southern California from the 1910s through the 1930s.
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The bungalows were designed by the Taylor Brothers and Lee Campbell as residences. The bungalows were later converted to offices, which are occupied by various organizations affiliated with the nearby Hollywood Bowl, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1989, the bungalow village was added to the National Register of Historic ...
The bungalow became popular because it met the needs of changing times in which the lower middle class were moving from apartments to private houses in great numbers. Bungalows were modest, inexpensive and low-profile. Before World War I, a bungalow could be built for as little as $900 although the price rose to around $3,500 after the war ...
A modern Indian bungalow in an affluent area near Bangalore, Karnataka, India The Manale Tea Bungalow, one of the oldest bungalows in Kerala, India In India, the term bungalow or villa refers to any single-family unit, as opposed to an apartment building , which is the norm for Indian middle-class city living.
By April 1916 the style had "just reached" El Paso, Texas, with a house, in the 2600 block, [4] on the south side of Montana Street (now Avenue). Newspaper coverage noted the style's popularity in California for several years prior, and that "The room in the top of the roof, which gives the bungalow its name, is designed as a sleeping room." [5]