A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Those two stores (above) seem as though they were part of the proprietor's house, as part of the living-quarters, but then they got into and known for a particular business offering and made the move , for more space and separateness, to having a storefront .

Pretty common arrangement of the store being directly attached to the home; over the store might have been rooms to let, storage, or more family space.

[rogruth]

Many of the stores in our neighborhood had owners that lived upstairs.
This was not true of the "uptown/downtown" stores.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[rogruth]

WOW! I think that place was just down the road from us.
They must have moved it down here and sold a different fruit.
Murph needs to see this. Just his thing to model.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

WOW! I think that place was just down the road from us.
They must have moved it down here and sold a different fruit.
Murph needs to see this. Just his thing to model.

While there are a host of details, I love that entrance door on the end with the 3 lights in it - just so out of place as to make it just perfect!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

WOW, you're right, Roger and Rufus, I LUV it! I'm not sure I'd include that oddly modern door, though.
Heres the closest I ever got to messing with modeling anything even remotely like that scene.
Maybe next time.........maybe...

[rogruth]

Murph,
You have the essence of it for sure.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph,
You have the essence of it for sure.

Thank you, Roger, for saying so. I much appreciate your feedback.

[J. S. Bach]

That reminds me of this Texas junque shop that I stopped in a couple of years ago:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Geo. A. Sypher's Store in Spring Garden, Pa

[Wolf]

Interesting picture with the odd roofline, the unusual routing of the downspouts, and the
arrangement of the open/closed shutters on the second story. Judging from the bunting,
is it perhaps taken on the Fourth of July?

And, I guess they wanted photographic proof that they were not a "one-horse town"!

[up148]

Yes, those gutters and downspouts were definitely function over form. They wanted to keep the water away from the customers coming in the front door and it looks like they accomplished that. That metal roof is very interesting too.

BH

[rogruth]

lot of the water was probably sent to a cistern.
I think I see a motor vehicle amongst the horses.
That "bunting" looks like an American flag being used like bunting.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

lot of the water was probably sent to a cistern.

I'd agree on that being one of the functions.

I think I see a motor vehicle amongst the horses.

You do and there is.

That "bunting" looks like an American flag being used like bunting.

Could be.

[Rufus T. Firefly]