Architectural Styles

American Craftsman

Alt names / subperiods 

Timeline

Distinguishing Features

Geographic Presence

American Arts & Crafts

Californian Bungalow

 

Wikipedia

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