My grandfather bought his farm with money earned in the shipyards during WWII. He cut trees, peeled them and provided them to the electric company so he could have electricity to the house. They installed the poles and ran wire to his house. He then went to work wiring the house.
His first project? He wired the outhouse. That way he did not have to fire up the kerosene lantern to use the facilities. The bathroom came a couple years later. People traveled from miles around to witness this new, modern wonder. Just imagine! An outhouse with an electric bulb burning just inches from you head while you were using it. It was considered very modern at the time.