CRAFTSMAN
(1890s - 1920s)
BUNGALOW STYLE
(1905 - 1930)

Craftsman-style architecture was inspired primarily by the work of two architects, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, who practiced in California from 1893 to 1914. It was based on the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement in England, led by William Morris (1834-1896), and the English Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in 1888. This movement attributed modern problems to the Industrial Revolution and advocated a return to handcrafted arts. Although it began as a reaction against the machine aesthetic and mass production, the Craftsman movement in the United States evolved into the first style to be mass-produced by the builder or contractor.