Do you think it is a house or a barn?
There appears to be a tin chimney.
Herb
That is a house, it even has a connected garage.
They didn't have a TV, a phone, or an iPad and you have to ask yourself if its a house or a barn...and I bet they didn't consider themselves poor.
Looks like a happy middle class farm family in the depression era.
It looks like quite a nice house, ... lots of glass .. double doors. Chimney probably the kitchen stove in the back.
You are right it is a house. There is better detail in the close up Royce put up..
What is that hewn log thing in the fore ground?
herb
That could have been a "summer kitchen". They were built outside with plenty of ventilation to keep help keep the house cooler before air conditioning. The inside kitchen was used in winter to help heat the house.
Norm
extra wheel is leaning up against the house - just to the right of the little boy
Herb, almost looks like a railroad tie there, with the cutaways for the spiked plates.