| Many older homes in cities today have
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| | window in the second floor gable. Roofs
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| their roots in the Arts and Crafts
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| | in this style are generally hipped, with
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| movement. With their squared, low-lying
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| | overhanging eaves on all four sides.
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| layouts and sturdy construction, these
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| | Other common Craftsman features include
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| homes are often easy to spot, but
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| | extensive stonework, rough-hewn wood, and
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| generally not as widely recognized or
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| | stucco exteriors.
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| studied as Victorian homes from the same
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| | The popularization of Craftsman homes is
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| era - they simply remain unclassified or
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| | largely credited to designer Gustav
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| incorrectly identified as ranchers. As
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| | Stickley, a turn of the century architect
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| years progress, however, the homes,
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| | who often featured these homes in his
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| properly known as "Craftsman" buildings,
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| | magazine, The Craftsman. Stickley
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| are outlasting most Victorian buildings,
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| | famously referred to Craftsman style as
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| and finding more recognition among
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| | "a house reduced to its simplest form,"
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| preservationists and historic home buyers
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| | wrote lengthy reviews on home and
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| who want to ask for them by name.
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| | furniture originals by designers Harvey
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| In some ways it's remarkable that
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| | Ellis, the Greene Brothers, and others.
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| Craftsman-style homes were so attractive,
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| | Large numbers of Craftsman homes began
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| given the round-about way they were
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| | appearing in San Diego in the early 20th
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| conceived. Rather than emerging simply as
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| | century, which eventually led to the term
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| a new architectural form, Craftsman homes
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| | "California Bungalow" for these types of
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| developed as part of the Arts and Crafts
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| | homes.
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| movement, which in many ways was a
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| | Craftsman-style homes worked as well for
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| reaction against the over-decorated and
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| | families and middle class as they did for
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| fragile aesthetics of the Victorian era,
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| | designers and artistic activists. One of
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| as well as the lack of personal touch in
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| | the most significant advances made by
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| many modern-era buildings. Given those
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| | these homes was the way they re-aligned
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| prerequisites, one might have expected an
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| | the kitchen area with the rest of the
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| unfocussed, impressionistic style to
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| | main floor - instead of having a
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| emerge, rather than the refined, often
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| | segregated kitchen with a formal dining
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| symmetrical building shapes for which
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| | room, Craftsman homes often had a
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| Craftsman style homes are known. These
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| | built-in "breakfast nook" so that
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| homes can generally be identified by
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| | families could eat closer to the kitchen,
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| their front entrances featuring a large
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| | which then became the center of activity
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| raised porch with columns on either side,
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| | on the upper floor.
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| a central door, and a single second story
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