So I got to thinking about the old cellar stairs

All weekend I was thinking about the old cellar stairs. Why did I say they went up to the old front door? Cellar stairs don't go up to the front door. They go up to the basement door or a bulkhead and rarely to the FRONT. I thought and thought and thought about it.

THEN

I remembered this photo

 HOT TAMALES!! There is a bulk head on the front right (left?) corner of the building!!