Bungalow Roof Styles

California Bungalow

• Between 1900 and 1930, bungalows were popping up all over California. There are two distinct styles: the Craftsman, with its wood detailing that imitates oriental influences, and the Mission, with its Spanish tiled roofs. Both have street-facing, low-pitched gabled roofs and overhanging, exposed eaves and rafters.

Arts and Crafts

• At the same time, the Arts and Crafts movement was going strong in the Midwest and points East. What differentiates it is that its wide, low-pitched roofs are usually punctuated by a stone chimney and wide, overhanging eaves with extra stick work under the gables. This style often has more than one level or angle of roof and dormers that break up the roof line.

Tudor Style

• Just like its Tudor forbears, Tudor bungalows have very steeply pitched roofs, with side-facing gables. Generally, there is a chimney and dormers accenting either a slate or faux-thatched roof.

Queen Anne

• The Queen Anne bungalow made its debut at the height of the Victorian era, between 1895 1905. Its roof differs from the others in that it is medium-pitched and has an ornately conceived chimney. The wraparound porch's roof follows the same lines as do the dormers.