There’s a movement afoot against stucco bungalows – folks advocating stripping the stucco and reshingling homes like this one. Personally, I like this style; it’s a symbol of how the popularity Mission Revival grew, eventually subsuming the shingled bungalow styles that take their popularity from England and the Eastern US. This house might have been shingled, once, but I’d bet that it was first stuccoed sometime in the 1930s, when the craze for Latin American-inspired homes reached a high point.
There are some very attractive stucco bungalows in Petaluma, in fact many attractive bungalows period. I agree that it is a “might have been shingled”, the ones I’ve recently seen have always been stucco and look just right.
What color is this house? And is that painted wood? If so, what color? I love it
Milo Cureton
Major thanks for the article.Really thank you! Will read on…