O-Gauge Wooden Houses from 1928 - Looking for information

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Anyone with information, similar houses, or comments is welcome to post.

Here are six wooden houses that have been in my family since they were purchased new in 1928. They are a part of the original platform that includes an American Flyer train. I have always wondered about them, and have looked on the Internet. i have never seen any other houses like these. As they are as fragile as eggshells, I wonder how many have survived the 80+ years. After posting an image in another topic here, it has been suggested to post them under their own topic to see if anyone has seen similar houses.

There are no manufacturer's marks on them. They are all thin wood, with stamped metal windows. Three have paper and cardboard fronts. Each house had a light inside. Originally, the lights were mounted in the roof, but my grandfather moved them to the base when he mounted them on a platform.

The first image is all of them together, followed by individual picture of each.

The first three are the houses. The one has a sign on the roof that my grandfather put on with the name of the town in which they lived. Since I still live nearby, I covered the name for security reasons.

The following three have paper on cardboard fronts. The windows and doors are cut out of the cardboard so that the light shines through the paper.

The Ironmaster