Dan, are you sure that is a dormer and not one of Gab & Eti's biffie
projects? Once worked on a six-holer on Staten Island, New York, that was
nearly as large. Convenient putting a biffie on the roof, eh? Breeze blows
miasma up to the wide blue yonder and not around the back yard. And, the
Biffie Man (TM) has only to wheel the compost out the side door to his truck
rather than muck around in the basement -- where he could damage collections
of architectural fragments, old copies of National Geographic, etc. Quite a
prize!!! ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Becker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 10:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Aeroplane-style craftsman bungalow


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Krugman
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 9:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Aeroplane-style craftsman bungalow
>
>
> I don't recall seeing this style in the NE. Is
> this found a
> lot in the South? West? The Oregon oriental version was wonderful.

Found in places that developed 1915-1930 (though more closer to 1925).  It's
not terribly common, since it was a stylistic variant, so you have to
stumble across them.  They're far more common west of the Mississippi, just
because of the sheer numbers of residential structures that were developed
during the craftsman style's heyday.  My house is a knockout in Raleigh,
where anything with a simple knee-brace under an eave qualifies as a
bungalow; in Denver, it's a pale reflection of 75 percent of the 1920s
housing stock.

By the way, the lookout dormer on my house displays aeroplane-style
influences.... (sorry, can't help beating a dead horse, George.)  I've
posted pics at PigHabit:
<http://www.egroups.com/files/PigHabit-L/Dan%27s_House.jpeg> and
<http://www.egroups.com/files/PigHabit-L/harris+bros+1920+.jpg>