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: