A 1926 BOOK OF HOUSE PLANS

These illustrations are from a 1926 book of house plans and illustrate the range of home styles offered by builders in the 1920's.

The look of this home is heavily influenced by
the work of Charles and Henry Greene in California.

A lovely illustration of a home which is almost purely
Arts & Crafts in inspiration. Many homes in Vickery Place,
the Belmont neighborhood, Lakewood Heights, and
Junius Heights look a lot like this one.

The symmetrical placement of windows and the
neoclassical elements of the front stoop graft a
Colonial motif onto a home which is substantially
Craftsman Style. Notice the triple-ganged
windows on either side of the porch.

This home would be right at home in Munger Place.
Just look at the full-width front porch, with its
roof supported by massive corner supports. The
dormer is also familiar from Munger Place.

In spite of the hip roof with its broad overhang
(characteristic of Prairie Style), this home achieves
a neoclassical feeling by using lighter-scale porch
pillars and by adding a front-facing gable which looks
like it came right off the Parthenon.

The planbook says, "American tourists in Europe are
always favorably impressed by the cottage homes
of England. They speak enthusiastically of the
appearance of solid comfort they convey." This
version of an English Tudor Cottage has the
asymmetrical lines typical of Tudor homes in
Greenland Hills, Hollywood Addition, and
Lakewood's Country Club Estates.

The symmetrical window placement and small front stoop
make this home neoclassical. But the roof has been
carefully shaped to mimic the straw-thatched roofs of
English cottages from the 1600's. The rounded "eyebrows"
above the second-story windows are typical of
straw-thatched roofs. This same effect is seen on many
homes in Greenland Hills, Vickery Place, and Oak Cliff.