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The bulk order is the largest known order for Sears Modern Homes and led to Sears, Roebuck naming their "Carlin" model after the city. Not all Sears houses became private residences. At Greenlawn Cemetery, near the Hampton Roads waterfront in the Newport News, Virginia, area, the cemetery office building is a 1936 Sears Modern Home. [48]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Sears Modern Homes" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of ...
The Smith House is a historic house at 607 West Arch Avenue in Searcy, Arkansas. Built in 1920, it is a rare local example of a prefabricated mail order house, produced by the Sears, Roebuck company as model #264P202 of the Sears Modern Homes. It is a two-story frame structure, with a side gable roof and novelty siding.
Putting Sears Homes on the Map: A Compilation of Testimonials Published in Sears Modern Homes Catalogs 1908–1940. ISBN 0976209608. ——— (2012). Mail-Order Homes: Sears Homes and Other Kit Houses. Shire Books. ISBN 978-1782001034. Shackman, Grace (2002). Ann Arbor in the 20th Century: A Photographic History. Arcadia Press. ISBN 0738520101.
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 ...
According to the Sears Archives, "Sears actually encouraged builders of Modern Homes to save money by ordering their lumber from local lumber mills. Sears wanted Modern Homes to be cost-effective for buyers, which often meant purchasing materials locally and not from the few and geographically distant Sears lumber mills." [10]
One of the unique aspects of the district are 10 models of kit houses from the Sears Modern Homes catalog. Historic uses. Single Dwelling; Secondary Structure;
Sears, Roebuck and Company Department Store (Washington, D.C.) Sears, Roebuck & Company Mail Order Building (Los Angeles, California) Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store-Camden; Sears, Roebuck and Company Store (Louisville, Kentucky) Sears, Roebuck and Company Warehouse Building (North Kansas City, Missouri)