I’ve admired this simple house for years, always concerned that its days were numbered. I made this photograph a few years ago, and probably have a better shot somewhere in my archive, but I think this one will do for now. I was surprised I’d never published it here before, but I couldn’t find it on the website. It’s not an exaggeration to say that houses of this style (technically, form) provided shelter to the masses before modern techniques and materials were widely available. In a way, they were the “cookie-cutter” types of their day, but I’m guessing this house is at least 80 or 90 years old and can’t imagine today’s prefab versions lasting nearly as long.