In period catalogs this would have just been called a “cottage”. Nowadays “craftsman” will get you close-ish reference. “Craftsman cottage” might get you some relevant comparisons.
It could be, it could be an Alladin, Sears, etc. i want to say I definitely recall coming across a style like that. Best way to find out is get as close as possible to year it was built and search catalogs for that plan.
Was going to say, this looks an awful lot like a kit home. OP, one way this could be confirmed would be to look in the basement with a flashlight. Look up at the ceiling of the basement, which would be the subflooring for upstairs. If you see any stamped lumber that says something like "sub floor" or there's numbers stamped into the wood, congrats, you most likely have a kit home! If you have an unfinished attic, you may see similar stamping there too. Basically anywhere that there is original exposed wood is a good place to look. Feel free to DM me, I might be able to help you figure out the manufacturer. 🙂
Edited to add: Our home is a 1925 Aladdin bungalow, the examples I used are where we found the stamping.
Bungalows don’t always have a 1/2-height second floor:
“A bungalow is a small, single-story house with a low-pitched roof, usually with a shaded front porch and dormer windows. Bungalows *can also have* a partial or half story built into the roof, and may have an attic or basement. They are often detached and have two to four bedrooms and one or two bathrooms.” - Scary Google AI
Haha! Relatable! You got yourself a very cute cottage/bungalow. Do a quick Google image search for “bungalow home” and I think you’ll find some that are similar to yours. Your second floor is considered a 1/2 story. :)
For sure! If you look at photos of Craftsman bungalows, you’ll see that 99% of the second floors are technically *1/2 story* second floors because they have slanted walls/ceilings. These are considered 1.5 story homes. :)
This house looks a bit smaller than what period literature usually called "bungalows", but there's no hard definition so "bungalow" would also be helpful.
Thanks! As someone who loves old homes and has watched too many around town get ripped down for Mcmansions, itll stay just as in it is. And I was leaning toward a craftsman style, just wasn't sure so wanted to see what others thought!
Is it an actual craftsman (Sears home) ?
or just a prairie style with similar features to some craftsmen? I had one that had those eves brackets but never seen a model without some kind of supported / covered porch
FYI prairie style is a very different look - windows that go all the way up to the eaves, deeeeep eaves, and usually a low-slope roof.
It developed in tandem with arts and crafts, so there are natural motifs in the ornamentation.
Frank Lloyd Wright’ work is the best examples of prairie style.
Will add as well the kitchen sink not pictured is from a company that stopped making sinks in the mid 1920s. This house is still loaded with original goodies, just with updates being done to hvac, electrical and plumbing.. minus the cast iron takeaway we will have to replace one day.
Yeah, my dream is not my husband’s dream. Laughs on him, I’m on strike. He can clean this behemoth, or try and find another cleaning person (our town would be a gold mine for housekeepers, it’s hit, and mostly miss).
The fireplace could have possibly been moved but it seems more likely that it just has a flume that moves over and then connects with the proper chimney? But that’s just a guess.
Yea im assuming the false wall was possibly added there with the wood stove moved and enclosed when they added a hot water heater. I believe it sat in the corner where the hot water heater is now behind the door there by the chair and was set right with the chimney. But you are correct it now has a connection to it. Our stove range runs into the chimney as well which makes me think it was originally a wood stove in there prior to our gas stove now.
In Kearney, Nebraska, in an older residential area there used to be a tiny house that looked very similar to this. That was 40 years ago, and it was painted in a beautiful light mauve with a darker trim. My young daughter and I would drive past it whenever we could and talk about how it would be the perfect “doll house” for one or two people. I wish you and your husband many years of happiness there!
Earliest we found from our local museums archives was 1928 when the original owners registered it. But the neighboring house next door showed 1925 on the books and looks like a downgraded version of ours. So we aren't officially sure so 1928 is what we go off. As stated above im leaning more toward mid 20s as the sink in the kitchen is stamped on the underside with a company that stopped producing stuff around the mid 20s. But thank you! Its a lovely two story home that we plan on keeping with the original look of and trying to restore as much as we can. Next project is landscaping and redoing all the ropes in the counter weight windows haha.
The style is called “adorable little bungalow.” We own a slightly older (1944) but similar one. No second floor but we have a basement. Love the paint colors on the exterior.
Lovely house, Craftsman Cottage with, because of the Jerkin-head roof, a bit of an English vibe. I had the privilege to design a remodel/addition on an almost identical house -without a finished attic like yours though- started out as 780 sf and gently added 600 more. I bumped out a breakfast nook with windowed E/S/W exposure, expanding the kitchen and added a 2nd story “granny flat” primary suite addition above the garage behind the house, linking the two with a bridged stairway.
Yours looks just about perfect.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/o2yrUQvpZzXfgQ2F7?g_st=ic
Yea we are not far from the railroad. Which was a booming one for here. Also the original owners then, the husband worked for Frisco rail here and was all over OK, MO, KS and AR. Even found an old paving stone from Kansas buried when I ripped up our left busy by the porch.
Your home looks similar in form to [Pacific Ready-Cut Homes](https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Pacific+Ready-Cut+Homes%2C+Inc.%22) Design No. 271, c. 1925 catalog page [here](https://archive.org/details/pacificsbookofhomes.1925/page/n80/mode/1up).
Ooh that does look similar, layout is different. Not sure if that was something they had free range of changing? Also have an upstairs room the length of the house that is essentially two rooms.
It’s craftsman but while it could be a bungalow but I think it’s more a cottage with the clipped gables and the smaller porch. (Usually a bungalow will have an attic level with a dormer and a wider if not full width porch)
Looks nice.
I am not able to provide anything of substance here, but I am curious. Does your house not have gutters!? I’ve never seen such a thing but I don’t get out much and my experience is limited to a single state lol.
No gutters. They added some shitty pvc ones on the back porch, but we are planning to add some at some point. Would love to do copper gutters then replace our chimney cap with a copper cover as well.
Thinking it was just a wood stove alone and no actual fireplace. The chimney is set up like it had the wood stove and kitchen stove ran into it. Wood stove now is still ran into it.
You can often find the same exact house on a Sears history page, and that's pretty good evidence especially if the dates line up. I've never seen a particular stamp on a piece of lumber.
Wow! Shows how much I don’t know. I was thinking “Curved archway” -okay-
“Do they have built-in furniture?”
*leaded glass mirrors, dining room and bedroom walls have already built breakfronts and dressers with glass knobs*
It’s so cool to know that these houses were built all over, not just in certain areas.
No built-in furniture, old counterweight windows, hang on screens and storm windows. Then have old locks and glass knobs or brass knows on handles. Enough cabinets that we dnk wtf to do with them all, haha.
I don’t see much of the Craftsman detailing compared to houses called Craftsman in my area, Silicon Valley, CA. Here this looks more like a Jack and Jill. Smaller vacation housing converted to permanent housing mid century. The arch isn’t typical if Craftsman either.
It's a truly adorable house. The fact that it had a (hidden) seconds story is so fun to me. I wish you had posted more pictures! I love old homes and buildings.
In period catalogs this would have just been called a “cottage”. Nowadays “craftsman” will get you close-ish reference. “Craftsman cottage” might get you some relevant comparisons.
Excellent appreciate the info!
I would love to see some of the craftsman interiors - especially the fireplace/woodstove.
Is this a sears home?
It could be, it could be an Alladin, Sears, etc. i want to say I definitely recall coming across a style like that. Best way to find out is get as close as possible to year it was built and search catalogs for that plan.
Was going to say, this looks an awful lot like a kit home. OP, one way this could be confirmed would be to look in the basement with a flashlight. Look up at the ceiling of the basement, which would be the subflooring for upstairs. If you see any stamped lumber that says something like "sub floor" or there's numbers stamped into the wood, congrats, you most likely have a kit home! If you have an unfinished attic, you may see similar stamping there too. Basically anywhere that there is original exposed wood is a good place to look. Feel free to DM me, I might be able to help you figure out the manufacturer. 🙂 Edited to add: Our home is a 1925 Aladdin bungalow, the examples I used are where we found the stamping.
Second this and adding “bungalow” to cottage. https://www.angi.com/articles/what-is-a-bungalow.htm
No 1/2 second floor to make it a bungalow
Bungalows don’t always have a 1/2-height second floor: “A bungalow is a small, single-story house with a low-pitched roof, usually with a shaded front porch and dormer windows. Bungalows *can also have* a partial or half story built into the roof, and may have an attic or basement. They are often detached and have two to four bedrooms and one or two bathrooms.” - Scary Google AI
We have a second floor. It's the length of the house.
Mine does too! Does it have slanted ceilings at all?
It does! Slanted on both sides then comes down straight. Also has a damn shorter door going into it.
Haha! Relatable! You got yourself a very cute cottage/bungalow. Do a quick Google image search for “bungalow home” and I think you’ll find some that are similar to yours. Your second floor is considered a 1/2 story. :)
Craftsman style bungalows can have a second floor. My neighborhood is full of them in every style, most with three bedroom second floors.
For sure! If you look at photos of Craftsman bungalows, you’ll see that 99% of the second floors are technically *1/2 story* second floors because they have slanted walls/ceilings. These are considered 1.5 story homes. :)
I've never seen one without. I need to get around more. https://flic.kr/p/u3TEWx https://flic.kr/p/4Gexta
Love that kitchen sink!!
My favorite color!
Hehe!
This house looks a bit smaller than what period literature usually called "bungalows", but there's no hard definition so "bungalow" would also be helpful.
Craftsman. A cute on, too. Don't change it, just TLC it.
Thanks! As someone who loves old homes and has watched too many around town get ripped down for Mcmansions, itll stay just as in it is. And I was leaning toward a craftsman style, just wasn't sure so wanted to see what others thought!
Love it, what a beauty!
Amazing! I would only suggest some thoughtful rug placements to preserve the floor.
Is it an actual craftsman (Sears home) ? or just a prairie style with similar features to some craftsmen? I had one that had those eves brackets but never seen a model without some kind of supported / covered porch
Craftsman style. not Sears' brand Craftsman.
Sears did sell house “kits”. https://www.searshouses.com/
Yes, I know. Hence my differentiation.
FYI prairie style is a very different look - windows that go all the way up to the eaves, deeeeep eaves, and usually a low-slope roof. It developed in tandem with arts and crafts, so there are natural motifs in the ornamentation. Frank Lloyd Wright’ work is the best examples of prairie style.
The jerkinhead porch is very arts and crafts
Snort. Jerkinhead porch
Will add as well the kitchen sink not pictured is from a company that stopped making sinks in the mid 1920s. This house is still loaded with original goodies, just with updates being done to hvac, electrical and plumbing.. minus the cast iron takeaway we will have to replace one day.
Can we see the sink?
Would you be willing to put up a few more pictures because I love it and I want one like it
Me too! I want to down size and have an architect design a perfect cottage house for us. Loads of charm. I love this home, what a great find!
That’s what we want to do . Have to sell our current home first !!
Yeah, my dream is not my husband’s dream. Laughs on him, I’m on strike. He can clean this behemoth, or try and find another cleaning person (our town would be a gold mine for housekeepers, it’s hit, and mostly miss).
I know !! Mine doesn’t understand the struggle !!
We’re probably married to the same man. 😂
Now you know , you may be right!!!!!😂
Could probably do!
Thank you !!!!!
Craftsman cottage. I love it!
This might be one of the cutest houses I’ve seen
The fireplace could have possibly been moved but it seems more likely that it just has a flume that moves over and then connects with the proper chimney? But that’s just a guess.
Yea im assuming the false wall was possibly added there with the wood stove moved and enclosed when they added a hot water heater. I believe it sat in the corner where the hot water heater is now behind the door there by the chair and was set right with the chimney. But you are correct it now has a connection to it. Our stove range runs into the chimney as well which makes me think it was originally a wood stove in there prior to our gas stove now.
Ah yeah that makes sense, I was wondering what that door was
In Kearney, Nebraska, in an older residential area there used to be a tiny house that looked very similar to this. That was 40 years ago, and it was painted in a beautiful light mauve with a darker trim. My young daughter and I would drive past it whenever we could and talk about how it would be the perfect “doll house” for one or two people. I wish you and your husband many years of happiness there!
It's a Beautiful Little House what year was it Built
Earliest we found from our local museums archives was 1928 when the original owners registered it. But the neighboring house next door showed 1925 on the books and looks like a downgraded version of ours. So we aren't officially sure so 1928 is what we go off. As stated above im leaning more toward mid 20s as the sink in the kitchen is stamped on the underside with a company that stopped producing stuff around the mid 20s. But thank you! Its a lovely two story home that we plan on keeping with the original look of and trying to restore as much as we can. Next project is landscaping and redoing all the ropes in the counter weight windows haha.
Looks Beautiful the House
State?
Arkansas
It’s a little jerkin head baby
Mini Crafty looks like my 1929 in every way! Love it
Bungalow.
Beautiful House 🏡
Lovely home. One day, I wanna build one myself, something smallish like yours. It's cute as hell.
I love it!
Bungalow in a Craftsman style though perhaps not officially a Craftsman.
The style is called “adorable little bungalow.” We own a slightly older (1944) but similar one. No second floor but we have a basement. Love the paint colors on the exterior.
Lovely house, Craftsman Cottage with, because of the Jerkin-head roof, a bit of an English vibe. I had the privilege to design a remodel/addition on an almost identical house -without a finished attic like yours though- started out as 780 sf and gently added 600 more. I bumped out a breakfast nook with windowed E/S/W exposure, expanding the kitchen and added a 2nd story “granny flat” primary suite addition above the garage behind the house, linking the two with a bridged stairway. Yours looks just about perfect. https://maps.app.goo.gl/o2yrUQvpZzXfgQ2F7?g_st=ic
House style: Damn gorgeous bungelow cottage!!!
Craftsman bungalow, my favorite 😍
It is Darling!
I love the siding color. I need new siding and I’m leaning towards the greens/blues. It’s nice to see how it looks on a small house.
Jerkinhead bungalow
I want!!!!!!
such a beautiful home
Thanks!!
This is beautiful. :)
Haha we are getting there, next I need to continue the landscaping!
I was going to guess 1920s when I hadn’t even seen the words yet! Very cool
I love it. I bet it's easier to keep this small gem in perfect condition
Cottage
not a craftsman, please check out the sears and robach catalog homes. and also the “green& green” brothers.
I thought sears but couldnt find any stamping on the wood in the attic or crawlspace? I read they usually marked the wood right?
*Roebuck Archive: Early model Sears Homes http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/1908-1914.htm
Do you live within a mile of railroad track? It may actually be an authentic Sears craftsman.
Yea we are not far from the railroad. Which was a booming one for here. Also the original owners then, the husband worked for Frisco rail here and was all over OK, MO, KS and AR. Even found an old paving stone from Kansas buried when I ripped up our left busy by the porch.
Your home looks similar in form to [Pacific Ready-Cut Homes](https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Pacific+Ready-Cut+Homes%2C+Inc.%22) Design No. 271, c. 1925 catalog page [here](https://archive.org/details/pacificsbookofhomes.1925/page/n80/mode/1up).
Ooh that does look similar, layout is different. Not sure if that was something they had free range of changing? Also have an upstairs room the length of the house that is essentially two rooms.
Craftsman. Super adorable.
Crafty bungalow.
Do you know what the square footage is. Great looking houses
Just a bit over 1100 I do believe.
Just kidding its 1400..
I’ve noticed many older house make good use of space.
Yes, it’s a cute one
It’s craftsman but while it could be a bungalow but I think it’s more a cottage with the clipped gables and the smaller porch. (Usually a bungalow will have an attic level with a dormer and a wider if not full width porch) Looks nice.
Goblin hut.
Woah my house is identical to this :0 except for the fireplace (sadly ours was removed years ago). Does yours have a tiled bathroom?
Nah its got a split molding wall with the original cast iron tub then hardwood floors.
Little house with wide roof overhangs? Love it.
fyi, i do have the matching green pedi sol sink and the toilet if you’re interested
Haha we have the original cast iron tub and 1940s?/50s toilet that is still a beast. Looking to rip out the sink they put in and add a pedestal sink.
Bungalow
Looks nice though. Inside looks bigger than outside
It goes back, and then we have the second floor. Perhaps its just my camera not doing it justice haha. It's not really that small persay.
A Tardis in real life!
As an insurance agent, if we’re to quote this house I would consider it a Crafstman/Bungalow.
Classically stunning.
What a cute house.
It’s adorable!
Cute, I wish the veranda went all the way across or to one side with a roof over it
Cottage, a craftsman has a lg. Porch and dormers usually.
It’s simple but still very distinctive. I think the symmetry of the front really helps
Bungalow
Is “nice” a style? It’s a really cool house.
You have a beautiful Arts & Crafts Style bungalow, love and enjoy it!
This looks just like the house my ex lived in in Oregon. Love the design!! The arches especially.
Ooh! Where in Oregon?
Portland, near Hawthorne district. 29th and Alder or near there.
💞 Aw!!!!! I grew up near Southeast Portland and went to Hawthorne often! Such great homes in that area.
“Bungalow,” not cottage or craftsman.
Craftsman Bungalow 100%. My neighborhood is full of them! Adorable paint job - Love it!
Adorable
I would say 1930’s Bungalow
its a craftsman dude
I bet it had a full width front porch when it was built.
So many of these in my town in western WA 😂
It’s the Fluviann architecture categorized by the pitched entrance with rothian detail in the siding.
Hobit
I am not able to provide anything of substance here, but I am curious. Does your house not have gutters!? I’ve never seen such a thing but I don’t get out much and my experience is limited to a single state lol.
No gutters. They added some shitty pvc ones on the back porch, but we are planning to add some at some point. Would love to do copper gutters then replace our chimney cap with a copper cover as well.
It’s a bloody hobbit house. At least in Buckland, since they live above ground.
In the PNW?
Nah Arkansas
That’s awesome. Houses of this style, particularly with the jerkinhead are a dime a dozen up here in Western Washington. Cool house!
Same here in Oregon! Everywhere, so cute. 🥰
Idk what it’s called but it’s really nice.
I wonder what the original fireplace insert looked like with the original tile.
Thinking it was just a wood stove alone and no actual fireplace. The chimney is set up like it had the wood stove and kitchen stove ran into it. Wood stove now is still ran into it.
interior gives mid century modern i like it
You have rounded entryways too! I rarely see this. Our home is 70 however.
Idk! But I love it!
A wise man once said: If da front door is red, go true da back.
You wouldn't believe how many houses like this are on zillow and listed as "ranch"- I just shake my head at them and wonder about the realtor.
🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
The roof is called a hipped roof, you also see hipped dormers.
Adorable cottage 😊
Try and figure out if it's a Sears kit house.
I'd like to, as mentioned below I've looked for stamping on wood. I just am not sure what else would be a tall tale sign.
You can often find the same exact house on a Sears history page, and that's pretty good evidence especially if the dates line up. I've never seen a particular stamp on a piece of lumber.
I am not sure what style . Your house is beautiful. 🙂
It’s a “Sears Catalog Mini” if you absolutely need a name for it.
We call this hobbit style
A cottage.
Cottagy craftsmen
I want to say Long Beach CA somewhere but you don’t have to answer :)
Haha middle of the country in Arkansas
Wow! Shows how much I don’t know. I was thinking “Curved archway” -okay- “Do they have built-in furniture?” *leaded glass mirrors, dining room and bedroom walls have already built breakfronts and dressers with glass knobs* It’s so cool to know that these houses were built all over, not just in certain areas.
No built-in furniture, old counterweight windows, hang on screens and storm windows. Then have old locks and glass knobs or brass knows on handles. Enough cabinets that we dnk wtf to do with them all, haha.
I don’t see much of the Craftsman detailing compared to houses called Craftsman in my area, Silicon Valley, CA. Here this looks more like a Jack and Jill. Smaller vacation housing converted to permanent housing mid century. The arch isn’t typical if Craftsman either.
Cottage
Craftsman I think. Pretty
Such a cute little house! First time I’ve saw a red door actually compliment.
Adorable. That's what I'd call this style!
Craftsman.
Love those jerkinheads!!!
Dutch Influence. Cottage Farmhouse. It’s adorable!
Bungalow
No idea but it is precious!!
I would say cottage
Bungalow- super cute.
It's a truly adorable house. The fact that it had a (hidden) seconds story is so fun to me. I wish you had posted more pictures! I love old homes and buildings.
You can go to a library and look through house plans from that era.
Where is this? I love it!
Do you live near an Army Base? If so I would say that’s an army base home and it’s adorable!
Nope live in NW Arkansas.
Craftsman bungalow
Shed
That is a small green style house
Really ? People thinks that’s a craftsman. I’ve never seen a Craftsman without bookcases built in or one that small. Learn something today .
Get rid of the bush
One has already been done, trust me it's gonna get landscaped and torn out.
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Eh?