Storybook houses

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A Storybook House refers to an architectural style popularized in the 1920s in England and America.

The Storybook Style -- A nod toward Hollywood design technically called Provincial Revivalism and more commonly called Fairy Tale or Hansel and Gretel. A primary example can be found in the 1927 Montclair firehouse, and in a more traditional English cottage-style in the 1930 Montclair branch library.

The primary architects that worked in this style are: Harry Oliver, W.R. Yelland, W.W. Dixon and Carr Jones among many other local architects.

Harry Oliver is noted for his Spadena House in Beverly Hills and the Tam O'Shanter Inn in Los Feliz.

W.R. Yelland is noted for his (Thornburg)Normandy Village and Tupper & Reed Music Store, both located in Berkeley, Ca. W.R. Yelland designed homes in Oakland, Piedmont, Berkeley, San Leandro, Hayward, Woodland, Modesto, Clarksburg, Sacramento, Kensington and San Francisco, Ca.

W.W. Dixon noted for his work with developer R.C. Hillen in creating the Dixon & Hillen catalog of homes. W.W. Dixon is noted for Stonehenge & Stoneleigh villages in Alameda, Ca. as well as Picardy Drive in Oakland, Ca.

Carr Jones is noted for the (il Posinto Restaurant)post office in Lafayette, Ca. He designed and built one-of-a-kind homes in Oakland, Berkeley and Piedmont, Ca.


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