{"id":19236,"date":"2014-09-04T01:20:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T08:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=19236"},"modified":"2014-09-04T01:20:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T08:20:20","slug":"tudor-bungalows-in-the-twin-cities-little-houses-with-a-big-sense-of-humor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/tudor-bungalows-in-the-twin-cities-little-houses-with-a-big-sense-of-humor\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudor Bungalows in the Twin Cities\u2014Little Houses With a Big Sense of Humor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tudor bungalow with curved half timbering. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Barbara Falconer Newhall<\/em><\/p>\n

Can a house have a sense of humor? Charm, yes, of course. But a sense of humor? Houses are houses. They\u2019re serviceable. They\u2019re meant to be lived in. Some are works of art even. But can a house make you smile<\/em>?<\/p>\n

I never gave it thought until I visited Minneapolis-St. Paul last month and was treated to row upon row and neighborhood upon neighborhood of Tudor bungalows.<\/p>\n

There were hundreds of these houses, thousands maybe, all built before World War II, yet each was unique. This one had a single square of brick inlaid over an upper story window like a beauty mark. That one had a chimney right next to the front door. Another had curvy half-timbering and herringbone brick work. Many had sandstone embellishments running up the chimneys. All had a sense of fun.<\/p>\n

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A whole neighborhood of Tudor bungalows in the Twin Cities. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Herringbone brick work flanks the door. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rustic touches — flower boxes, stone steps. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Bold stone work and tapered facade. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Curved roof line and tapered chimney. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In this walkable neighborhood of Tudor bungalows, you access your garage from an alley like this one, leaving the street view free of driveways and massive garage doors. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blue-green stucco overlaid with tan. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detailed stone work on a chimney. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The stucco had fallen away from this chimney, revealing the brick work underneath. Photo by Barbara Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Can a house have a sense of humor? I never gave it thought until I visited Minneapolis and was treated to street after street of droll Tudor bungalows. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[470,653,34,1308,444,395,82,1309,1310],"class_list":["post-19236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-case-of-the-human-condition","tag-architecture","tag-arts-and-crafts","tag-dont-miss","tag-homes","tag-minneapolis","tag-neighborhoods","tag-on-the-funny-side","tag-tudor-bungalows","tag-twin-cities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}