Craftsman Bungalow (1900-1935)

Defining Elements of the Shingle Style:

  • One or one-and-a-half stories
  • Low-pitched roof usually hipped or gabled, sometimes with a clipped gable.
  • Wide covered porches across the front.
  • Deep eaves with exposed rafter tails and beams, elaborated rafter ends.
  • Natural materials indigenous to location (exception: kit homes)
  • Open floor plan
  • Dormers: shed, gabled, hipped, sometimes in combination
  • Windows, double-hung, multiple lights over single pane below. Multiple windows appear together in banks.
  • Shingle siding is common, although brick and other materials are used.

Examples of Bungalows in Greater Portland: