Thursday, December 9, 2010

Storybook style

Picardy Drive is near Mills College and is known for two things---its over the top holiday lights display every Christmas and its architecture. Most of the homes on this street are built in what is called Storybook Style, developed in the early 1920s.  Houses in this style typically have towers, pitched roofs, half timbers in stucco, rounded doorways, and stylized use of brick.  Storybook can be found in two or three small developments and many individual homes around town.  This picture was taken before today's rain storm arrived.
Posted by Oakland Daily Photo at 12:01 AM
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9 comments:

  1. Misfit in ParadiseDecember 9, 2010 at 6:57 AM

    My husband worked on a storybook house in South Carolina. It was one of my favorites.

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  2. JanieDecember 9, 2010 at 7:37 AM

    I love this style of homes. I did not expect to see this from Oakland however. Thanks for sharing your photos.

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  3. TaniaDecember 9, 2010 at 12:41 PM

    Oh, wonderful house! I like the small windows:-)
    Wish you a great weekend!

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  4. AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 1:51 PM

    are they expensive?

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  5. MarkaDecember 9, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Looks like a neat place for an architecture-themed photowalk.

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  6. JimDecember 9, 2010 at 5:22 PM

    Great streetscape.
    Sydney - City and Suburbs

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  7. LindaDecember 9, 2010 at 6:53 PM

    I've never heard of this style. It's easy to imagine a different storybook character popping out of each door.

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  8. OwenDecember 9, 2010 at 8:04 PM

    Not much in the way of a front yard though, visibly... ? Do they have back yards ?

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  9. kim23March 9, 2011 at 1:54 AM

    wow!!! I would like to live there! The Witch's House from Beverly Hills is my favorite storybook home. It looks for all the world like a haunted fairytale cottage! The house was sold in July 1998 for $1.3 million to Michael Libow, a real estate agent.

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