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Date: | Fri, 26 May 2000 07:28:59 -0700 |
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Aw, Dan, it's always so amusing to argue "style" and I shoulda known better
with a preservationist like you...BUT if you are going to define a
"aeroplane" by a roof structure, shouldn't we at least call the pent a
"cockpit" and not a lookout...:)
GK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Becker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: Aeroplane-style craftsman bungalow
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George Kramer
> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 9:56 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Aeroplane-style craftsman bungalow
> >
> >
> > Far be it for me to disagree with Mr. Becker on styles, but...
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> ...you went ahead and did it anyway....
>
> Better check your sources....
>
> >From Corvallis:
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> "One Bungalow variant is the Aeroplane of Airplane Bungalow. A 1920's
> phenomena, this type of Bungalow is characterized by a partial second
story
> rising from the otherwise sprawling form. The Whiteside House at 344 SW
> Seventh Street is an excellent example of an Areoplane Bungalow (Fig.
> IV-38)." <http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/historic/context/motor11.html>
>
> I believe you will find that both Lancaster and Duchscherer also share
this
> definition. I would argue that your definition describes a couple of core
> characteristics of "ultimate Arts & Crafts" craftsman-style houses:
shallow
> roof slopes, wide eaves. Then we tricked them up with the variants:
> oriental, swiss, mission, aeroplane, etc., etc.
> _________________________________________________
> Dan Becker, Exec. Dir. "Conformists die, but
> Raleigh Historic heretics live on forever"
> Districts Commission -- Elbert Hubbard
> [log in to unmask] Proud member of Team Heretic
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