1920 Stratton House with Loft, Porch, and Garage at $56 a Square Foot — $110,000

Nearly 2,000 square feet for $110,000 in a 1920 house is the kind of math that makes you stop. That works out to about $56 a square foot, which is low by almost any measure. The question is what you get for it, and the answer here is more than you might expect.

The front porch is there when you arrive. You step into a living and dining area that has a front nook with good natural light. Two bedrooms on the main floor, one of which has a walk-in closet and a built-in dresser. The dresser is original, which tells you something about how the house was put together. Built-ins from that era were made to stay. It is a small detail, but it is the kind of thing that shows up in a hundred-year-old house and does not show up in new construction at any price.

Above the main floor there is a loft. The agent describes it as storage and potential, which is honest if not generous. It depends on the ceiling height and how it is finished, and the listing does not say. Worth asking when you go.

The basement has laundry, room that could work as a family room, and more storage. A detached garage sits outside. The yard is large and fenced.

At 104 years old, the house will have things that need attention. That is not a guess, it is just how old houses work. The listing does not say what has been updated or when, so you are going in without much of a picture on the mechanical side. Roof, wiring, plumbing, HVAC are the questions to bring with you.

What the listing does show is a house with real square footage, a porch, a garage, a fenced yard, and at least one original detail worth keeping. In Stratton, Nebraska, at this price, that is a serious amount of house.