You ll find siding in the front. But shingles, which are much cheaper, are in the back. That s because Colorado was settled much later than the East or the West Coasts, which already had established Victorian neighborhoods. Originally the Craftsman bungalow may have been a reaction against the fussy, heavily ornamented Victorian style. But in Colorado, each mixed and mingled comfortably on the same street.
Victorian homes are vertical and narrow, often with pointed neo-Gothic arches.
The bungalow contrasts by accenting horizontal lines. Marsden glances through a book on architecture and points to a Spanish bungalow with rounded arches or an English bungalow with Tudor trim. There s the Frank Lloyd Wright influence of his Prairie School and the red tile of Italianate. Marsden s renovation looks all-American until you notice the roof line. And there it is a slightly turned up flip that echoes a Chinese influence.