A Monroe landmark is the 1926 G. B. Cooley house also on South Grand Street. See figure 51. Designed by the architect Walter Burley Griffin, an associate of Frank Lloyd Wright, the plan was laid out to resemble the decks of a steamboat. Mr. Cooley, the owner, was a steamboat captain who plied the Ouachita for many years. The Prairie Style house has 100 windows which may be opened to take advantage of summer breezes. [Illustration: _Fig. 51. Cooley house designed in the Prairie Style (Bldg. 153)._] An interesting Trenton Street house in West Monroe, figure 52, represents a mingling of stylistic detailing. The gable has wood shingles similar to those used in the Queen Anne styles, and the small patterned window panes of that period are reused in a new form. But the exposed rafter ends and expansive overhangs are characteristics of the California Bungalow style. [Illustration: _Fig. 52. On Trenton Street, West Monroe, a gable detail. (Bldg. 154)._] Thus, Monroe and West Monroe contain a variety of residential stylistic expressions as evidenced in the extant houses. THE 20TH CENTURY CALIFORNIA BUNGALOW HOUSE [Illustration: _Fig. 53. A California Bungalow in north Monroe (Bldg. 155)._] [Illustration: _Fig. 54. An expressive West Monroe California Bungalow (Bldg. 156)._] An innovation in housing design and stylistic detailing occurred in North Louisiana during the second decade of the 20th century. The houses of two California architects, Charles and Henry Greene, led to the establishment of a style known as “Craftsman.” Several influences—the English Arts and Crafts movement, interest in oriental wood architecture and training in the manual arts—may have encouraged the Greene brothers to design intricately detailed buildings. Their work and other California residences received publicity in the various national magazines. Thus, the one-story Craftsman house soon became the most popular and fashionable smaller house in the country. In Louisiana these houses have been labeled “California Bungalows.” The characteristic features occurred normally on the facades, that portion of the house most visible to the public. The low-pitched gabled roof had wide, unenclosed eaves and overhangs and roof rafters were exposed and decorative false beams or braces occurred under the gables. Porches were full or partial width across the front. The porch or gallery columns had distinctive detailing. Typically, short square upper columns were placed over more massive masonry piers or a solid porch balustrade (skirt). The columns, piers, or balustrades often began at ground level and extended with no interruption to a level above the porch floor.