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it looks like an early 20th century 1920s Craftsman style home

As you're likely aware, American Craftsman is an architectural style inspired by the Arts and Crafts Movement.[1] In an historical double entendre, "Craftsman" can mean something else entirely, and yet can still be American Craftsman, as this home is. These particular style American Craftsman home in particular, among the many types of American Craftsman, with the front covered porch on the short end of the rectangular shape, were sold out of the Sears Catalog.[2] Sears Craftsman... get it? Sears sold various architectural styles, such as Cape Cod, but I think far and away the most popular was their American Craftsman home kits, which the OP's home appears to be. Not all Sears kit homes were American Craftsman, and not all American Craftsman homes are Sears kit homes. But a lot of them are both.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Modern_Homes

Neat info! Yes I believe it was a kit. Would love to find the original catalog where it’s from.

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