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The last "Modern Homes" catalog was issued in 1940. Although it is sometimes claimed that no Sears kit homes were built after 1940, Sears continued to offer pre-cut kit homes through 1941 and into early 1942. Advertisements for Sears Modern Homes appeared through May 1942.
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
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.
By Bud Dietrich, AIA Kit houses were America's first mass-produced, prefab homes, sold by Sears, Montgomery Ward, Gordon Van Tine, Aladdin and a few others. The materials for these homes, ordered ...
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 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 ...
The Harriet Phillips Bungalow is located on NY 23B on the western edge of Claverack, New York, United States.It is a stucco-sided frame building dating from the 1920s.. A strong example of an American Craftsman Bungalow, it is possible that the house may have been built as a catalog home sold by an Iowa company that preceded Sears in offering full kits that included materials and designs for ...
Nearly all homes are heated with either gas or electricity, and the balance between those two has shifted over the years. Business Insider/Andy Kiersz, data from US Census Bureau