No. 64 – Here’s another lovely snapshot with the following hand-penned inscription/notation: “Mom’s Bungalow Before Renovation, Stone Harbor, N. J. – May ’38”. An important additional reference indicates that this picture is “Jennie Everett’s Bungalow”. My hunch is this was either located on Bower or Weber Court. Does anyone know the specific bungalow number and the name of the court? It would be an “A” or “B” prefix if it were situated on Bower Court or it would be a “C” or “D” prefix if located on Weber Court.
As you can see these 20’ x 12’ single story bungalows have front and side doors. Originally I believe the front room may have been an open room including a living room area as well as a table and space for meals and a rather small and compact kitchen area where the other entry or side door was located. In addition, there was a single bedroom as well as a bathroom in the rear of the bungalow with an outdoor shower. I am not sure if originally there was only cold running water, but if this was the case, converting to having both hot and cold running water would take place in due course. Incidentally, these little bungalows were not “winterized” and did not have furnaces or means of heating in the cold weather. So these originally were used for weather conditions that would permit such occupancy during some of the late Spring, certainly the Summer, and part of the early Fall months but certainly not in the Winter or on a full year basis. There was also adequate space to park a car as you can see in this photo. When the parking space was re-purposed, and some opted to actually park their cars on the court, many chose to use the side yard area for a clothesline or hanging out and drying clothes and/or for sitting in chairs, relaxing, enjoying the fresh air and maybe entertaining.
Given all the many changes, updates and renovations that have occurred over the last 100+ years, you would be hard pressed to imagine that this is basically exactly the way Bower, Weber and Stone Court originally looked like.