The California Bungalow style houses constitute the most numerous group of extant styled houses in the Twin Cities. As such, they represent a definite attempt to establish a styled expression of individuality for the houses of the general populace. The examples illustrated on these pages are representative of this style. In figure 53 a California Bungalow in north Monroe was built with the front gable expressed in the broad three-windowed dormer. Note the extensive dormer roof overhang. The full width front gallery is provided with screens between the straight full height wood columns; the gallery roof overhang contains exposed rafter ends. Another expression of the California Bungalow appeared in the circa 1930 West Monroe house shown in figure 54. This two story house has a front gable and multiple groupings of windows. But the greatest expression occurs in the one-story gallery. It has a smaller low pitched gable roof with four full height square brick piers and a half height brick pier near the door. The balustrade continues to the side porte cochere, or car shelter. The freedom of design offered by the California Bungalow style allowed a house form beyond that of the standard simple rectangle, and the West Monroe circa 1920 house in figure 55 used this freedom. The roof contains no gables, the front porch is allowed to wrap around the side, and the rear porch is enclosed providing additional room. The exposed rafter ends support a rather deep overhang. The porch supports are constructed of massive wood posts on half height brick piers. [Illustration: _Fig. 55. A rambling California Bungalow on Trenton St., West Monroe (Bldg. 157)._] Yet another expression occurs in the West Monroe circa 1926 house in figure 56. The high roof allows space for attic rooms. Note shed roof dormer. [Illustration: _Fig. 56. Another expression of the popular California Bungalow (Bldg. 158)._] The California Bungalow style continued to be popular in the region until after World War II when it was supplanted by the “ranch” form house with a concrete slab floor. A 20TH CENTURY COMPLEX—IN THE CITY When the J. E. Peters house and auxiliary buildings were built in the late 1920’s and 1930’s, the site was on the southern limits of the city of Monroe, but it subsequently was included within the city boundaries. Thus, today a unique rural atmosphere exists within an urban context. The complex depicted in figures 57 through 60 contains a two story house, garage apartment, storage or quarters building and a pair of water storage tanks. The two story house, figure 57, contains four rooms over four rooms and a stair and bath facilities. The one story gallery on the front and side provides ample opportunity for relaxation and relief from the heat of the interior rooms in the summer. Note the absence of a chimney; winter heating would have been provided by the newly discovered natural gas.