Chicago bungalow
January 14, 2009
Chicago bungalow /shh CAW go BUNG uh low/ n. A hearty place to live and raise a family. Brick with stone trim, rectangular and narrow to fit a city lot, it's 1½ stories with wide overhangs, a low-pitched roof, full basement, centered attic windows, a front room (pronounced frunchroom) and usually an off-center porch with concrete steps. Eighty thousand to 100,000 Chicago bungalows were built here between 1910 and 1940. Bungalow derives from the Bengal region of Asia, where a "bangla" referred to a structure with a common family space and smaller sleeping rooms.