Summer Kitchen

Homes often morph and change as the family grows. The home in “Summer Kitchen” was a classic example of a saltbox house, traditional wood construction of the American East Coast and Mid-west. To me, this suggests that the original owners brought their building traditions when they migrated to Livermore and establish their family home.

Built first, on the left, is the main part of the house, a simple box shape with a steeply pitched roof and a small front porch. Eventually the family needed more room so an addition with a gently sloped roof was built onto the backside of the house. The final addition has a nearly flat roof and screened windows. This space was used for cooking and canning during the hot summer months so the original rooms of the house wouldn’t overheat.