East Gate Cottage
In the 1920’s Washington was experiencing a building boom and a number of new homes erupted all over town. One of those eager to build was a grocery store owner, Benjamin Adams Willingham. In 1920 he hired carpenter Lem Pope to build a fashionable Craftsman-style bungalow for the Willingham family on the corner lot of Spring Street and Springdale Park. It would be their home for two decades. Characteristics of the Craftsman-style home, first popularized in the early 1900’s in Southern California, include exposed beams and woodwork, ample windows, sloping roof with overhanging rafters and were typically painted brown.