1940. Architect Clarence Cullimore designed it; Alva Hackney and Sons built it for the Walter Wickershams of Bakersfield.

HERE'S A SMALL HOME adapted to California that has hopped the Rockies to tease the Middlewest. Seven rooms sprawl 72 feet at ground level, and three-fourths of a 42-foot porch is screened for outdoor living. Architect Clarence Cullimore designed it; Alva Hackney and Sons built it for the Walter Wickershams of Bakersfield. Some of California's devices for enjoying the open may be borrowed -the patio and loggia turned to roofless terraces; rambling porch offset so that it won't darken rooms; living-room opened to the garden with a big window; build only a few inches above ground. But, all in all, we'd best leave California architecture to West and South where sprawling foundations, wide eaves, and snow aren't problems.