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The Aladdin Company was a pioneer in the pre-cut, mail order home industry. Sometimes referred to as Aladdin Readi-Cut Houses, the company was the first to offer a true kit house composed of precut, numbered pieces. [1] Its primary competitors were Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears Modern Homes) in the US and Eaton's in Canada ...
That year, the Aladdin Company of Bay City, Michigan, offered the first kit homes through mail order. In 1908, Sears issued its first specialty catalog for houses, Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans, featuring 44 house styles ranging in price from US $360 (equal to $12,208 today) – $2,890 (equal to $98,003 today). The first mail order ...
Cover of the 1916 catalog of Gordon-Van Tine kit house plans A modest bungalow-style kit house plan offered by Harris Homes in 1920 A Colonial Revival kit home offered by Sterling Homes in 1916 Cover of a 1922 catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine, showing building materials being unloaded from a boxcar Illustration of kit home materials loaded in a boxcar from a 1952 Aladdin catalogue
While an estimated 75,000 to 100,000 homes were built through the Sears Modern Homes collection between 1908 and 1942, in styles like Craftsman, Colonial and bungalow, the high cost of shipping ...
The kit includes a shelving system—just add their favorite books or plants—and shatter-resistant windows for maximum volume. The door opening is extra wide for moving in furniture (or a drum kit).
It features a 20-by-14-foot main dwelling, with an expansive (by tiny-home standards) 4-foot deep covered porch. Set out a rocker and enjoy the view. $15,367 at Amazon
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