The Craftsman style (variously called Bungalow in a derisive manner in reference to the 'bangala', a form of house found in India) was popular from circa 1905 to circa 1930. The style was popularized by Gustave Stickley in his magazine, The Craftsman.
The style had the primary identifying features of one-and-one-half-storeys, low-pitch roofs, broad and overhanging eaves often with exposed rafters, grouped windows, wide front porches often with balustrades and square columns on broad bases. A second storey was sometimes created by the protrusion from the roof by a full room-size dormer.
Craftsman was a popular style sold in kit form by the Sears Roebuck Company. You could purchase the entire kit, which included the plans and all of the materials needed, or just the plans.
The Bungalow style is exemplified by an unidentified house at E. Penn Street in Bedford Borough and by the private dwelling at 139 W. Main Street in Everett Borough.
