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What's an airplane bungalow? Google search spells it out and Searcy has an example.

Dorothy Warden, our historical oracle supreme, does a column in the Searcy Daily Citizen each Saturday and she mentioned in one of her columns an airplane bungalow at the corner of Fir and Center Streets.

I hustled over to that street and saw nothing that looked like an airplane. Sleuth Anita googled it and found this description of the house style.

The Airplane Bungalow style dates from the early 1900s and became
very popular in Los Angeles in the mid-teens.


The Airplane Bungalow is a residential style that grew out of the
Craftsman movement. The Craftsman movement grew out of the
English Arts and Crafts Movement, which emphasized natural materials,
hand-craftsmanship, and honesty of design, often typified by the
exposure of structural building elements. In California, this movement
often incorporated elements of Oriental design. The Bungalow building
type met the need to create a smaller, easy to maintain structure for the
turn of the century middle class.


The Airplane Bungalow is similar to the Craftsman Bungalow, but the
Airplane Bungalow is characterized by a “pop up” second floor, usually
of one or two rooms. Both have a low-pitched, gabled roof, oversized
eaves with exposed rafters, and bands of windows.


The Airplane Bungalow is typically found with Craftsman or Prairie style
elements.

I took a picture of the house and I've always thought it was a lovely house. The court house says it was built in 1915 so it would be built around the time specified. I think the name Arts and Crafts Style is just better known.

Here's the house. See what you think. Have any memories of this one, Searcy Sleuths?

601 Center Airplane Bungalow style

Posted Sunday Nov 20