If the preferred architectural style to please the Doughboys was Banker’s
Tudor or Spanish Colonial, their sons and daughter’s came to adore those
suburban dwellings called Ranch Houses
(also called “California ranch”,
“rambler” or “rancher”). Between the late Forties on
through the Seventies millions of these houses would be built, with
the more expansive “L-shaped” version appearing in the mid-1950s.
The growing American middle class of the time considered them to be the
high-water mark of good taste.
The affluence of the Fifties brought with it a need for new how-to books
and grander fashions. Read about it here…
ranch house magazine article1950s American taste magazine article1950 s popular taste in american domestic architecture1950 s ranch house magazine articleAlpha Sehlin home plans1950s consumerism1950s economic boom1950 s prefab ranch housing popularitypost wwii ranch housepost wwii ranch house developmentpost wwii ranch housing development1950s domestic tastewhen were ranch houses popularpopularity of ranch housesarchitect Alpha SehlinAlpha Sehlin all-american homeAlpha Sehlin all-american houses1950 s houses by Alpha Sehlin1950 s suburban houses by Alpha Sehlin
ranch house magazine article1950s American taste magazine article1950 s popular taste in american domestic architecture1950 s ranch house magazine articleAlpha Sehlin home plans1950s consumerism1950s economic boom1950 s prefab ranch housing popularitypost wwii ranch housepost wwii ranch house developmentpost wwii ranch housing development1950s domestic tastewhen were ranch houses popularpopularity of ranch housesarchitect Alpha SehlinAlpha Sehlin all-american homeAlpha Sehlin all-american houses1950 s houses by Alpha Sehlin1950 s suburban houses by Alpha Sehlin
