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Sears Modern Homes Catalog Fall 1913  Spring 1914  Flickr
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2 hours ago This is the Sears Modern Homes catalog published for Fall 1913 and Spring 1914. Show more. 129 photos · 3,977 views. Rachel Shoemaker By: Rachel Shoemaker. Sears Modern Homes Catalog Fall 1913 Spring 1914 by Rachel Shoemaker. 1. Sears Modern Homes Catalog Fall 1913 Spring 1914 by Rachel Shoemaker. Sears Modern Homes Catalog Fall 1913 Spring

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62 SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. KIT HOMES 1908 1940 ideas  kit
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1 hours ago Jul 3, 2016 - Explore Robin Rose's board "SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. KIT HOMES 1908- 1940", followed by 110 people on Pinterest. See more ideas …

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All Things Vallonia  Sears Modern Homes
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4 hours ago The Sears Vallonia was the classic Craftsman-style bungalow, with its lone gabled dormer sitting atop a side-gabled bungalow. It’s a cutie for sure and one of the most enduring designs that Sears offered. It was first offered in the mid-1910s and also appeared in the final Sears Modern Homes catalog in 1940. Through the years, it changed a bit.

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Sears Modern Homes  Wikipedia
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8 hours ago Sears Modern Homes were catalog and kit houses sold primarily through mail order by Sears, Roebuck and Co., an American retailer. From 1908 to 1940, more than 70,000 of these houses were sold in North America, by the company's count. Sears Modern Homes were purchased primarily by customers in East Coast and Midwest states, but have been located as far south …

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Is My House a Sears House? The Nine Easy Signs.  Sears
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2 hours ago An article on “Catalog Kit Homes” in the September 22, 2017 edition of the Wall Street Journal brought back memories of the Sears kit home we owned. I looked it up on the Sears archive web site. I know for a fact it is a Sears home as the seller had ordered it from Sears in the mid-1930’s.

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Sears Modern Homes: House Kits from   Hooked on Houses
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2 hours ago Can you imagine being able to flip through a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog full of house plans, choose one like this charming “Puritan” mo, and buy it for as little as $1,500?Sears sold Modern Homes kits like this one between 1908-1940. Each kit contained between 10,000-30,000 pieces with which you could build your house. They were shipped […]

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1 hours ago May 9, 2021 - Explore Alanagh Macdougall's board "Sears kit homes", followed by 550 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about sears kit homes, kit homes, sears.

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Whatever Happened to Those MailOrder   Home Stratosphere
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1 hours ago Sears is estimated to have sold about 70,000 of their home building kits from 1908-1940 and it’s currently estimated that about 70% of the original Sears homes built from kits are still standing today. The houses made it as far as Alaska and …

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Catalog Shopping: Mail Order Homes and Stock Plans
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8 hours ago "Sears, Roebuck Homebuilder's Catalog" - The Complete Illustrated 1910 Edition. Well-illustrated with construction specifications. "Homes in a Box, Modern Homes from Sears Roebuck," Schiffer Publishing. Reproduction of Sears 1912 Modern Homes catalog.

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47 Best Exterior  Sears / Catalog ideas  kit homes
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4 hours ago Modern Home No. 264B206 1916 SEARS ROEBUCK MODERN HOMES A favorite subtype among the different Craftman-style bungalows was the Swiss Chalet. Some were very Swiss with exaggerated eaves and woodwork. Others, like Sears Modern Home No. 264B206, were much more modest, with the most pronounced expression being the pierced pattern in the vertical …

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How to Identify a Sears Kit Home: 9 Steps (with Pictures)
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9 hours ago Sears did not sell 100,000 homes, as is commonly reported by the media. In their 1930s promotional literature, Sears reported, "100,000 homes now backed by our guarantee" (see 1934 Sears Modern Homes catalog, rear cover) but this "guarantee" encompassed the sales of Sears building materials, too.

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Small Houses of the Twenties: Sears, Roebuck 1926 House
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7 hours ago 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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a sears catalog home?

Sears Catalog Homes (sold under the Sears Modern Homes name) were catalog and kit houses sold primarily through mail order by Sears, Roebuck and Company, an American retailer.

What happened to the sears modern homes catalog?

Sears discontinued its Modern Homes catalog after 1940. A few years later, all sales records were destroyed during a corporate house cleaning. As only a small percentage of these homes were documented when built, finding these houses today often requires detailed research to properly identify them.

What kind of house was in the sears catalog in 1921?

The Sears Winona, as featured in the 1921 Sears Modern Homes catalog. The house in Raleigh (see below) is just a spot-on match, a rarity in a house of this age! Sears Pheonix from the 1919 Modern Homes catalog. And a dazzling Auburn in Halifax, NC. And a lovely Sears Pheonix in Newman, IL.

How many kit houses did sears sell?

From 1908 until 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold over 70,000 kit houses through their Modern Homes and Honor Bilt catalogs. Designs for 370 different plans ranged from the elaborate to the simple; the ‘Goldenrod’, for example, was a three-room vacation cottage (no bath, out-house separate). A version of the same house from the 1927 Sears catalog.

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