the roll of blue ducuments provides the paper template from which could be formed a 3-bedroom ranch house. Architect Albert Bloom looked at the blueprints and concluded that the basic floor plan ...

If the words “ranch-style house” make you think of a single-story residence with a low, long profile perched relatively close to ground level and with outdoor space devoted to a patio or porch ...

the easy-to-build ranch was firmly ensconced as the house style of choice across America. Long-vacant lots in Coral Gables began filling up with ramblers, most far more basic than Pancoast’s ...