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What to look for in your "Craftsman Home Hunt"
The search for Craftsman homes is a continuing project for Ray Stubblebine, the curator of this exhibition and author of the accompanying brochure. Ray has discovered many houses himself, and many have been pointed out to him by people all over the country who have been alert to their distinctive Craftsman features.
If you think your home may be Craftsman, or suspect that another may be one, please contact Photographs of the house in question are always most helpful.:
Ray Stubblebine 201-599-2966
863 Midland Rd., Oradell, NJ 07649;
ray@craftsmanhomes.org
Typical Characteristics
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Roof: Extremely large, overhanging eaves with rafters exposed and usually cut at an angle at the end. Tile and Slate as well
as natural cedar shingles favored. Other materials, such as "Rubberoid," probably long since fallen into disrepair and replaced.
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| Chimney: Often a mix of materials, stone at bottom becoming brick toward the top. |
Columns: If wood, almost always round and plain. Stone columns rare and usually square. |
Brackets: Support beams extend out beyond the ends of the rafters. Triangle type supports rarely used. |
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Sleeping and dining porches: Open or screened-in "sleeping porches" off one or more bedrooms common. Often later enclosed for extra rooms. An inset open porch often designed off dining room or kitchen for summertime open air dining. |
Windows: Usually grouped, either double hung or casement. Look for small casement windows on either side of chimney that indicate an inglenook. |
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Pergola: Attached pergolas original to house often removed or enclosed. Sometimes room additions built over them. |
Exterior Walls: Ground floor and upper floors often of different materials (e.g. clapboard or shingle over stone, or shingle over clapboard) and area under roof may have vertical tongue-and-groove boards cut at bottom like a saw tooth. Texture and colors of natural materials emphasized. Use your imagination to see beneath that new aluminum siding. |
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