Abstract

Cottages 1, 2, 3 (Bldg 085, 086, 087)

Completion Date: 1908

Square Feet: 6,097

Architect: Sellon & Hemmings State Architects

Construction System: Wood frame and exterior, composition shingle roof

Construction Cost: $24,000

Architectural Style: Bungalow

Cal Poly President: Leroy Burns Smith (1908-1914)

The style, which was also widely billed as the “California Bungalow” by architects such as Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, featured overhanging eaves, a low-slung gabled roof, and wide front porches framed by pedestal-like tapered columns. Material often included stone, rough-hewn wood, and stucco. Many homes have wide front porches across part of the front, supported by columns.

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