Bungalows are the original "affordable" house.
Built primarily for the middle and working
class, they were ridiculed by the architectural
establishment. Nonetheless, they had enormous
popular appeal from the turn of the century well into
the 1930s.
Bungalows were a reaction
to Victorian excesses and the
machine age. John Brinkman writes in American
Bungalow magazine: "What popularized the bungalow
was its basic honesty.... It was small and of manageable
size, efficient, yet cozy. It was a do-it-yourself affair that
did not require servants and often came with fruit trees
and a vegetable garden to supply the family table. Simple
Craftsman lines made the bungalow easy to build and
maintain — and the style lent itself