Hugh W. Comstock was an American designer and master builder who lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He and Michael J. Murphy were responsible for giving Carmel its architectural character. Comstock developed a fairy tale or storybook architectural-style that has been closely identified with Carmel. Twenty-one of his cottages remain in the area today. Comstock also created a modern use of adobe in the construction known as "Bitudobe," a type of post-adobe brick.
Hugh and Mayotta Comstock (Photograph courtesy of the Harrison Memorial Library Collection.)
The Hansel Cottage.
The Tuck Box by Hugh Comstock
Monterey County Trust & Savings Building (now the China Art Center)
Storybook architecture or fairytale architecture is a style popularized in the 1920s in England and the United States. Houses built in this style may be referred to as storybook houses.
Harry Oliver's Spadena House (1921), also known as the Witch's House, Beverly Hills, California.
Storybook houses in Oakland, California
Hugh W. Comstock's The Tuck Box storybook house in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey, California