This vernacular Craftsman home may be associated with the general store or commissary that stands along the highway directly in front of it; it was common for store owners to live in or near their businesses in the early 1900s.
Craftsman Farmhouse, Circa 1924, Maretts
Notice the side window shades. These seemed to be common to a certain era. Would these have been original to the house construction, or added later? I seem to have noticed these more on houses dating from the 1950’s and 1960’s, before air conditioning became commonplace. But I don’t know about earlier years.
I think these became popular right before or right after World War II. I also remember them from my childhood on houses of a certain era.