Architectural Styles
American Craftsman
Alt names / subperiods
Timeline
Distinguishing Features
Geographic Presence
1901-1930
- 20th century American offshoot of the British Arts & Crafts movement
- Low-pitched roof lines
- usually a gabled roof
- occasionally a hip roof
- Deeply overhanging eaves
- Exposed rafters or decorative brackets under eaves
- Wide front porch beneath an extension of the main roof or front-facing gable
- Tapered, square columns supporting the porch roof
- 4-over-1 or 6-over-1 double-hung windows
- Shingle roofs and siding
- Handcrafted stone or woodwork
- Mixed materials throughout structure
- USA
Common Building Types
Landmark buildings
Historic Accommodation Types
Accommodation Examples
- Small-to-medium-sized single-family homes
- Bungalows
- cottages
- arts & crafts shops
- rustic resorts
- Gamble House Pasadena
- Robinson House Pasadena
- Charles and Henry Greene Houses Pasadena
- Stickley House NY
- Craftsman Bungalows California
- Roycroft Campus NY
- McAlpin House California
- Thorsen House Berkeley, California
- Craftsman bungalow B&Bs
- Craftsman lodge hotels
- Rustic resort cabins (Craftsman-influenced)
- Historic Craftsman inns (urban or small-town)
- Railway-era Craftsman hotels
- Craftsman clubhouse / lodge conversions
- Serviced apartments in Craftsman-era buildings
- motels
- Inns
- Cabins
- Ahwahnee Hotel Yosemite National Park, California
- Gardiner Historic District Cabins Gardiner, Montana
- Cabin Courts on early auto routes incl
- Green Gables Motor Court (Bar Harbor, Maine)
- Blackhawk Motor Court (Madison, Wisconsin);
- National Park Service Rustic (Arts & Crafts lineage)
- Old Faithful Inn (Yellowstone, 1904)
- Lake Quinault Lodge (Olympic NP)
Adaptive reuse
- Arts & Crafts–inspired Lodge Conversions – Historic YMCA / lodge buildings
- Craftsman-era Inns / B&B Conversions – The Red Barn Inn (Sonoma, California; The Green Gables Inn & Cottages (Homer, Alaska)
Landmarks
Original Accommodation
Adapted Visitor Accommodation