gable-front commercial building

Isaac Kremer/ September 16, 2018/ / 0 comments

While a good number of commercial building types have been designated for urban settings, the gable-front store was most often a small-town or rural building. This frame structure, usually clad in clapboard, served as a general store, hardware or small implements store, grocery, or feed store. Some gable-front stores were used like brick-fronts, the upper level providing living space for the owner… Photo from Leland, Michigan, 2018.