Little House

What a difference between the two!

It reminds me of a small, rural, one horse town type of train depot building.

Selkie, I think you're right, this is probably a little train depot! I looked up the city where the fruit crate came from (Exeter, CA). It is still a one horse town today. This house doesn't match the Exeter train station, but it does look very similar to other rail depots in the San Joaquin Valley. A hip roof done in red Spanish tiles seems to be common in that region.

At first I thought the little house was going to be an extension of the larger one. I think they look very cute together - like a big brother watching over a younger sibling. Maybe the smaller house can be an outside playhouse for the children living in the big house.

Or it could be the privy for the 1800s Louisiana house! LOL Just kidding, I wouldn't desecrate the poor dear like that. Anyway, too many windows for a privy. You know what it does look like, though? A Pizza Hut that was remodeled into a Starbucks drive thru coffee shop down the street from my real life house. It still has the red tiled hip and white stucco sides. Ha!