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    California Ranch-style modern house. Cliff May (1903–1989) [1] was a building designer (he was not licensed as an architect until the last year of his life) practicing in California best known and remembered for developing the suburban Post-war "dream home" ( California Ranch House ), and the Mid-century Modern.

  2. Oct 13, 2016 · Cliff May Ranchos: The Architecture That Birthed a Movement. In the 1960s, ranch homes inspired by May designs were updated to look more modernized, but kept the fundamental long, single-story structure of the originals. Source . Cliff May was born in 1909 in San Diego and grew up on a ranch that would later inspire the houses he built, the ...

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  3. Feb 27, 2019 · The Cliff May ranchos in Long Beach consisted of 700 homes and were finished in 1953 and 1954. Now, over a half a century later they’re still cherished for the indoor-outdoor living May envisioned! For the many people that moved to the rancho neighborhood like Lori McBride and Alan Shepherd, the focus on simpler more open living was love at ...

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  4. Feb 25, 2021 · The Lakewood Rancho Estates in Long Beach, California, was designed by architects Cliff May and Chris Choate in the 1950s for developer Ross Cortese. The historic, 700-house tract is characterized by May’s casual, ranch-style homes, a style he popularized throughout Southern California. Now, one of his prized designs is on the market.

  5. Cliff May, known as 'the father of the ranch house,' was an early proponent of the California style ranch house. He first built hacienda style houses in San Diego in the 1930s, then moved to Los Angeles to create some of the most widely recognized ranch-style houses in the country. His early custom ranch houses of the 1930s follow the compact ...

  6. Modernism Meets the Ranch House. Cliff May's homes were certainly inspired by the Western ranch house, but they are unique in their modern interpretation of this California design. The Long Beach Cliff May's were built in the early 1950s and reflect the modernist influences of the time with open floor plans, exposed post-and-beam ceilings ...

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  8. Description. In 1950 Cliff May partnered with Chris Choate to form Cliff May Homes to distribute ranch house plans to developers throughout the country. In Long Beach, they partnered with Ross Cortese, who built Lakewood Rancho Estates. Over 17,000 homes in 36 different variations were built in this suburban tract.

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