Excellent post.
We have a buncha' similar homes in my city that were actually built DURING WWII to house military. Many of them were subsequently sold and "restored" (you know, updated with all new crap), but there are a few that were restored to original state (all wood mouldings stripped of paint & re-stained, brickwork tuck-pointed, etc.).
It's the way it should be.

While not my dream home, my current place comes with a similar story in that we were picked by the owners because we wanted to raise our family in the house (the other bidders were either retired or had no family plans).
Sometimes things DO work out (we had viewed over 25 houses with an agent before tripping over ours FSBO by lucky happenstance).

I can visualize that faux brick (?) garage in your back yard being replaced by the real thing at some point...