Chris,
Yeah, the fashion argument probably makes a good deal of sense (as much sense
as painting oak paneling white to get rid of the Victorian gloom), but I
wouldn't entirely discount the economics. Who was going to pay for these
awnings, for the few who wanted them?
There are a couple of houses out in Summit with awnings, and not grand (or
old) ones; 1950's houses where (no doubt) some old lady has had them for
ever, remembering the useful awnings of her yout'.
Ralph