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Identifying feature

Built-in cabinetry

Bookcases, benches, cabinets or sideboards built into a house's walls as part of the woodwork, not made as separate furniture. They are common in Craftsman and Prairie-style houses of the early 1900s.

also seen on

Chicago Bungalow

often seen with

Bay window A window projecting from the main wall, usually with three angled sides or a curved front. Belt course A flat horizontal band of stone or brick running across a facade between floors, also called a stringcourse. Deep eave overhang Roof edges, called eaves, that extend well beyond the walls. Dormer A window in a small roofed structure projecting from a sloping roof. Hipped roof A roof that slopes down to the walls on all four sides, with no gables (triangular wall ends). Stained glass Pieces of colored glass held together by strips of lead, called cames, to form pictures or patterns.