Way Back When in 1925 – Another Bungalow Court Appears

I found the first article in the local paper about a bungalow court being built in Santa Barbara back in 1914. Happily, that bungalow court is still here – on the southwest corner of Victoria and Laguna streets. Santa Barbara has more than a dozen bungalow courts. A bungalow court contains stand-alone houses which share a driveway or courtyard.
There are three main designs: two rows of houses with a larger house at the end, two rows of houses without a house at the end, and one row of houses.
A bungalow court built in November 1925 (shown here) appears to be two rows of houses at 223 E. Figueroa. Many bungalow courts were furnished and designed to be rented by tourists. This one contained 10 houses. The building permit was for $6,000.