Multiple Roof Lines

A joy of living in an architecturally rich community is that over time--or perhaps immediately for those more schooled--one can sometimes identify architectural differences on a street-to-street or block-to-block basis. The 3600 block of 2nd Avenue (in Jefferson Park) is lined with delightful Arts & Crafts style bungalows, most of which feature such a distinguishing motif: multiple roof lines.

In the first image, this sadly stuccoed example has three front gables, two of which are side-by-side and on the same plane. (Not to mention a dreadfully-placed downspout).










Here the porch roof is a separate gabled element and is "projecting".


This is a highly common bungalow subtype. What's more unusual is the way the solid, slightly-tapered (or "battered") porch-roof supports start and rise uninterrupted from the ground.



Wow! Cross gabled and with a gable above.





The asymmetry is almost shocking, especially when compared to our first example. The column supports, unevenly spaced, are more typical here, short and resting upon a solid porch balustrade.