This bungalow, also on Main
Street, makes the point that some bungalows were built which
approached the Shingle Style in size and attention to detail. The
bungalow with its broad overhung front porch is, of course, native to
India, and the gentle roof slop is better suited to a warm snow-free
climate.
This one has a noteworthy feature in the shaping of the window frames
to repeat the squared veranda columns. All classical rules of
proportion are broken by those columns, which are better than usual
since they are not excessively tapered and do not rest on a handrail,
as is often the case.
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397 Main in no bungalow and
was built a full century before someone decided to add this
bungalow-style front porch. At best that porch is a heavy handed addition to the very nice Gothic home.
Home renovaters added them to all styles of earlier home between the
years 1910 and 1940. There are instances where the columns are made
even more interesting by being very short and squashed looking. The
columns also ooccur in all sorts of variations, paired, solid, hollow,
shingled, sometimes cylindrical but always taped.
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An version at 102 Pleasant Street. The
gabled-face dormer with double windows is typical; but the "stick"
veranda supports, products of turning and fretwork, are not.
The entryway treatment and decorative brackets suggest that this is an
early example of the style. These decorative touches are in contrast
with the later plain-jane approach, and are markedly different from the
contemporary tendancy to keep designs clean, uncluttered and cheap.
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