The bungalow’s heyday ended in 1929 with the Great Depression.

By the close of World War II, America began to recover. When the boys returned home, the baby boom was on! The country suddenly experienced a sharp demand for affordable family housing. Developers responded by plowing over bungalow populated neighborhoods and constructing cheap, mass-produced tract houses, apartment complexes, and high-rises.

Today, a bungalow revival movement is in full swing. Ironically, the catalyst has been the baby boomers for whom the original bungalows were sacrificed. Pockets of charming little bungalows are springing up in Southern California, the Pacific Northwest, and across the Midwest.