Clipped Gable Bungalow . This classic milwaukee style’s most outstanding features are its clipped gable roof with broad simple bargeboards, a covered front porch with tapered columns and a row of four to five. The peaks of the gable ends are clipped off to resemble a hip roof. South Sound Property Group from southsoundpropertygroup.com 583 from the bungalow book by henry wilson (1910) inclusive of the front porch, this plan is almost 1500 sq. A gable roof, the most common type found in the u.s., is a simple design of two pitched sides resting atop the exterior walls. Clipped gabled cottages were appealing to many home buyers during the 1920s if the number of plans and still existing houses are any indication.