“The greater space available for suburban living was accompanied by radical changes in the house itself. At the turn of the century, the parlor was a buffer zone between public and private space; it was the locus of formal entertaining and was always the front room in the house. Similarly, the front porch was a popular place for relaxation. There, one could observe the passing parade of life while remaining on private property...Wright’s Usonian style of the 1930s emphasized one-story homes with low-slung roofs, carports, and generous amounts of glass...The parlor and porch and the formal lifestyle they supported were among the first to go as the automobile restructured household patterns.” (185-86)

(Jackson, Kenneth T. Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Print.)