This is a continuing series about historic homes and places in North Augusta.
Steve Johnston's office is the first in a row of Craftsman-style bungalows that line Jackson Avenue.
Johnston bought the home six years ago to house his business, Team 1 Advertising and Marketing.
"Somebody home-built this for their family," he said.
Craftsman bungalows, such as Johnston's, were created as a reaction to the more ostentatious Victorian style that was popular in the late 1800s.
Among the Craftsman style's identifying features are low pitched, gabled roofs, wide eaves, and tapered or square columns supporting the roof, according to the Craftsman/Bungalow page on the Northern Arizona University Web site.
Inside Johnston's office very little has changed since the house was built in 1920.
Previous owner Bob Bolton made a few upgrades to make it suitable for his real estate office.
Bolton, who bought the house in 1987 for $30,000, took out the kitchen, put a new roof on it and built a wooden walkway to the front porch.
"I wish I'd never sold it because it's such a wonderful place," he said.
The living room and dining room are separated by a set of French doors. Johnston uses them as office space and a conference room.
The kitchen, which Johnston now uses as another office, features a small built-in pantry. An original paneled door separates it from the dining room.
The house's two bedrooms, which are also offices, are separated by a door. The fireplaces share a chimney between the two rooms.
The now-bricked-in fireplaces once burned coal, Johnston said. The screen that covers one of them and the mantles are original.
Other houses along Jackson Avenue have been extensively renovated.
Johnston's done very little to the house and said he only plans to maintain it.
"It's just a business office," he said.
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