City Directories and History: ca. 1920
Whole neighborhoods of Bungalows developed in the period between 1900 and 1930. Bungalow style homes are square or rectangular in floor plan, usually one or one and one half stories in height with low-pitched overhanging roofs, and often include large front porches with heavy porch columns. The columns may be tapered, square, paired, or set upon stone or brick piers. Bungalows usually have a front facing gable on a front porch, a projecting dormer or at the main roof line. The overhanging eaves usually have exposed roof rafters or decorative braces and stickwork. Bungalows are often of clapboard or wood shingle, but may also be of stone, brick, concrete block or stucco. Courtesy of the Penn. Arch. Field Guide – Website
A number of the early 20th century homes, in many S.C. counties appear to have been made from purchased packaged “order by mail” architectural plans & materials, that could be easily delivered by rail. This structure fits many of the appropriate features of this program, architectural style and dates. Sears and Roebuck was perhaps the best known vendor of these houses but dozens of other successful companies also sold wildly successful – complete package houses. Click on Pattern Book links to discover more. Note, that not only were modest homes being shipped all across the nation but some of the most elaborate architectural dwellings were also being packaged for delivery to rural areas of the USA.
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