This is a typical house in the "Craftsman" neighborhood around the Gamble House. They are all are part of the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 1900's. These houses must have seemed hyper-modern compared to the current trend of the day, the soaring Queen Anne Victorian style with it's vertical lines, lofty towers, gingerbread decorations everywhere, and many-colored exteriors--those "painted ladies." In contrast this kind of house with its natural materials and simple lines must have looked not only modern, but totally without conspicuous opulence. Perhaps they seemed to the very wealthy even humble.
The bricks used as balusters is a unique feature of this house.
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