Reminds me of my Grandmother. She had one sort of like this, only maybe not quite so large and maybe a little older. Three room house(front room, bedroom & kitchen) back in the mountain, no electricity, no running water, no gas, outhouse... Memories.
The woodstove/range was the heart of the house.
To hear it *crackling* in the dead of the night, pouring out tons of heat. Talk about memories. :)
In today’s terms....I think they call it *living off the grid* ...quite a popular movement among some folks.
There’s a lot to be said to be self-sufficient.
One the MOST difficult parts of living like that is NOT having running water. Not only do you have to source your wood for heat, you have to drag water in.