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From charming craftsman bungalows to grand colonial revivals, Sears catalog homes offered an affordable path to homeownership in the United States. Read through as I explore these iconic mail-order houses’ history, lasting impact, their worth today, and tips on marketing them.
Whether their customers needed a simple cottage without a bathroom (an outhouse could be purchased separately), or wanted to submit their own multistory blueprints to Sears, there was a Modern...
The Amazing Collection of Sears Homes in the Midwest. Sears Homes were kit homes that were sold right out of the pages of the Sears Roebuck catalog in the early 1900s. More than 370 designs of kit homes were offered – everything ranging from Arts and Crafts bungalows to foursquares to Colonial Revivals. These homes came in 30,000-piece kits ...
Sears Modern Homes offered more than 370 designs in a wide range of architectural styles and sizes over the line’s 34-year history. Many included the latest technology available to house buyers in the early part of the twentieth century, such as central heating, indoor plumbing, and electricity.
Sears Houses In the U.S. Historic homes that were sold as kits, and shipped to homeowners by rail. The National List. Authenticating. Education & Information. We are a group of researchers who look for Sears houses around the United States. We maintain the National Database of Sears Houses in the U.S., where we add new finds, almost daily.
Five Sears Kit Homes For Sale. Illinois is second only to Ohio for the most Sears ready-to-assemble kit homes. These customizable homes were affordable to many immigrant and...
The present volume, a meticulous reproduction of a rare Sears, Roebuck catalog of 1926, provides a thorough, accurate record of the company’s “Honor Bilt Modern Homes.” Over 300 photographs and illustrations, with full descriptions, offer views of 86 different houses and cottages of widely varying sizes and designs.
Sears Homes 1927-1932. Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories, photographs, catalog images and more are now available online.
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Today, some Sears kit homes are included on the National Historic Register. Accessible Housing for All Sears kits were hugely popular for another reason: the catalog assured buyers that anyone with rudimentary skills could have their home built in 90 days.