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SEVENHomes Disposed Of Rapidly Here44Californian” Type Is Distinct Home Structurei* * *il'he re art* now t»• \\ icmamiii^ choict homeMte in the heart of our eitv, dim to tlilt;‘ rush of home-weking people (lining the last fewmonths. Mau\ new residents have%i ... 'recently joined- us or made certain that they shall in the near future* by acquiring property with an ey e towards tlieir future happiness inresiding- here..Among homes of the finer typowhich are at11 acting many people,a re t Hose const Fucted ITv” I law fe mB. Gibbs, of this city. During thepast year he has made an unusual record in disposing of severa homes during their construction, am others soon after completion Most of them have been of thebalconied Monterey type, designed | by Benjamin S. Darker, also of this eitv. Mr. Duiker has contributedother homes to our community , awell as to the eitv of San Gabrie'I(and Dasadena, during the year just ended, all of which are unusually artistic, distinctive and from the utilitarian viewpoint, exceptionally weli studied and planned. Thesehomes range in cost from $7500 t » $10,000.California TypeIncidentally, Mi*. Darker informsus that Southern California architects are endeavoing to induce u-to speak of our residential architecture as our very own, or Californian, instead of denoting it, as the case may he, with such termsas Spanish, Italian, Mediterranean Colonial, Monterey, etc. For, with ma.-s, detail and atmosphere perhaps borrowed from all or each of these styles, yet disposed and designed to nu et our own specific net ds and climatic conditions, is it not rapidly- bcoming a certain an idi.- inctive typ/* to he found n -when- else in the world 7
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San Marino News
San Marino, California, US
Fri, Jan 31, 1930
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