Harriet Phillips bungalow
The Harriet Phillips Bungalow is a residential building on New York State Route 23B on the western edge of Claverack in New York in the United States . It is a plastered building that was built in the 1920s using a timber frame construction.
The house is a clear example of an American Craftsman bungalow ; it is possible that the house was built as a catalog house, not from Sears , but from an Iowa company that offered modular homes prior to Sears. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 .
description
The house is on the east side of Route 23B, just north of Willmon Road on the opposite side. The property has a small lawn in front of the house. The surrounding neighborhood is residential; most of the other houses here were built in the early or mid-20th century. At the southeast corner of the parcel there is a garage, the style and use of materials are similar to the house; it is therefore considered a contributing resource of the entry in the National Register.
The bungalow is a one-and-a-half-story wooden post construction on a foundation of poured concrete. The facade is plastered. The overhanging eaves is supported by cantilevers. Above that sits the roof, which is covered with asphalt slabs. Large bay windows lie on the front and back of the roof. The other roof sides are designed similarly. A brick fireplace rises on the east side. The north side facing the street is provided with a full-length veranda, the roof of which is supported by arches.
Inside, the front entrance, which is located slightly east of the center of the building, has a glass door. The entrance leads to the ground floor, which is divided into four large rooms: the hallway with the staircase, living room, dining room and kitchen. An archway with Tuscan pillars leads from the hall into the living room. Double French doors separate the living room from the dining room, which has a panoramic window on the west side. A stained glass window lets in light at the landing between the ground floor and first floor.
Much of the interior is original, most of it reflecting the arts and crafts style of the time the house was built. The lead glass windows and the carpentry made of Douglas fir , especially the floor-to-ceiling kitchen cabinets, are evidence of this , but other styles of early 20th century architecture also influenced the interior. The columned entrance to the living room has a neoclassical effect and the turned balusters on the stairs are an element of the Queen Anne style, which was already in decline .
history
Bungalows, or small houses with wide, gently sloping roofs, first became popular in California and then spread to the rest of the United States. The Phillips House illustrates an essential characteristic of this design: the veranda used treats this room more as part of the interior than as an appendage to the building. Other aspects of the American Craftsman influence here are the soaring eaves and the use of plaster to clad the facade.
It is possible that the house was a “catalog house” or a “kit house” made up of prefabricated materials sold directly to the builder. While these homes are commonly associated with Sears because the company sold most of these homes between 1908 and 1940, there were other manufacturers as well. Philips' bungalow is quite similar to a design found in the 1923 catalog bungalow for the Gorden-Van Tine Company of Davenport , Iowa . Even before Sears, the company had offered complete packages of construction plans and ready-made materials. Many details and dimensions are identical. The only deviations seem to be the lack of a dressing room on the upper floor and thus a larger bedroom as well as a different arrangement of the stairs and bathroom, which made a third room on the upper floor possible.
The roof was originally covered with cedar wood . The porch was closed soon after completion, but this measure was later reversed. Otherwise there have been no major changes to the building. It has been used for private residential purposes without interruption since its construction.
Notes and evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Ian Nitschke: National Register of Historic Places nomination, Harriet Phillips Bungalow . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . May 1997. Archived from the original on October 1st, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
- ↑ Route 23B is designated as an east-west route, but here it runs more in a north-south direction.
Coordinates: 42 ° 13 ′ 38 " N , 73 ° 44 ′ 58" W.