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Kit Houses from Sears, Roebuck  Old House Journal Magazine
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4 hours ago 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). Read more about Sears Houses

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48 Sears catalog homes ideas  sears catalog homes, kit
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8 hours ago Jun 13, 2019 - Explore Rita Hawkins's board "Sears catalog homes" on Pinterest. See more ideas about sears catalog homes, kit homes, vintage house plans.

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Sears Catalog Homes  Cleveland Historical
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6 hours ago Sears Catalog Homes. The Argyle, a 1,008-square-foot Sears model introduced in 1916 for a mere $881, was a Craftsman bungalow whose front facade, according to Sears, "bespeaks richness and comfort on the inside." The model's living room featured a beamed ceiling, bookcase colonnade, large brick mantel, and leaded built-in bookcase.

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Sears Catalog Homes: Cedars House Plan  Old House Journal
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1 hours ago Sears Catalog Homes: Cedars House Plan. Built in 1931, this “Cedars” in St. Louis was a popular house design from the Sears Honor Bilt Modern Homes catalog. Nobody’s counting, but it seems that most of the hundred thousand or so Sears Honor Bilt ready-cut houses constructed across the United States from 1910 to 1940 are still being lived

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Sears Modern Homes
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3 hours ago Rose is the author of several books, including The Houses That Sears Built (2002,) Finding the Houses That Sears Built (2004), and The Sears Homes of Illinois (2010). She’s the co-author of California’s Kit Homes (2004) and Montgomery Wards Mail-Order Homes (2010), and has contributed chapters to three books on architecture. Rose has traveled to 25 states to give …

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Sears Catalog Homes  The Housing Hour
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7 hours ago If your home was built outside of that time frame, it can not be a Sears catalog home. Period. Exclamation mark! The nine easy signs follow: 1) Look for stamped lumber in the basement or attic. Sears Modern Homes were kit homes and the framing members were stamped with a letter and a number to help facilitate construction.

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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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Sears Kit Homes: How bungalows in a box changed housing
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5 hours ago To fully appreciate the impact of the Sears kit homes, it’s important to understand the reach of the company’s famous catalog. In 1908, when Sears began selling homes by mail, one-fifth of the country subscribed, according to a 99 Percent Invisible podcast about the program. Americans anywhere could flip through the four-pound, 1,400-page

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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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How to Identify a Sears Kit Home: 9 Steps (with Pictures)
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9 hours ago If you think houses built from kits are shoddy, cheap and obvious -- think again. Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold about 70,000 kit homes in 48 states through their mail-order Modern Homes program, with 370 designs that you might not readily recognize as a kit. Sears kit homes were shipped via boxcar and came with a 75-page instruction book.

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Did Sears Kit Homes Come in Brick?  Sears Homes
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3 hours ago Downers Grove has a nice example of a Sears Elmhurst model in brick veneer. 5535 Dunham Road, Downers Grove. Sears Elmhurst, from the Brick Veneer Honor Bilt Homes catalog. This Elmhurst was built in 1930. It is an authentic Sears house--the owner found a shipping label. A closeup of the brick veneer on the Elmhurst. Photo courtesy of Sue Smith.

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The House that Came in the Mail  99%   99% Invisible
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1 hours ago From 1908 to 1940, the Sears Modern Homes Program offered complete mail-order houses to the would-be homeowner — what would come to be called “kit homes.” Customers could select from dozens of different models in Sears Modern Homes Catalog, order blueprints, send in a check, and a few weeks later everything they needed would arrive in a …

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Sears Home Kits Floor Plans  House Design Ideas
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9 hours ago The Woodland By Sears Modern Homes 1923 Foursquare Kit House. Sears Modern Homes House Kits From Catalogs Hooked On Houses. Craftsman Style Bungalow 1923 Sears Modern Home Kit House Walton. A Brief History Of The Sears Catalog Home Apartment Therapy. Clic Craftsman Bungalow Sears Modern Home No 264b234 Inglenook Hollywood.

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Sears, Roebuck & Company Kit Homes  buffaloah.com
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4 hours ago Designing a Sears Home The process of designing your Sears house began as soon as the Modern Homes catalog arrived at your doorstep. Over time, Modern Homes catalogs came to advertise three lines of homes, aimed for customers' differing financial means: Honor Bilt, Standard Built, and Simplex Sectional.

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The Truth About DIY Sears Kit Homes  grunge.com
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6 hours ago The Truth About DIY Sears Kit Homes. In the early 20th century, Sears sold up to 75,000 mail-order homes (per NPR ). In 1888, the Chicago -based company launched their first catalog. According to The Craftsman Blog, a variety of goods could be bought and delivered to the customer's front door.

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Sears, Roebuck Catalog of Houses, 1926: Small Houses of
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Just Now 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.

Reviews: 226Format: PaperbackAuthor: Roebuck and Co. Sears

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Where are Detroit's Sears kit homes?  The Neighborhoods
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3 hours ago Today, because Sears kit homes typically had more distinctive styling than other homes built at the time, there’s a cult following behind them, with sites like SearsHomes.org and Sears House Seeker tracking the catalog homes address by address. Considering that much of Detroit’s housing stock was built prior to 1942 when Sears kit homes

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many houses where sold from sears catalogs?

Between 1908 and 1940, Sears sold over 70,000 of these DIY houses across America. Sears Catalog Homes were kit houses that you could buy from their catalog. Sent by mail order, an average DIY house kit came with over 30,000 pre-cut pieces of lumber, 750 pounds of nails and all the other necessary parts that could be assembled within 90 days.

Where can one find a sears catalog?

Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois.

Is the last sears catalog worth anything?

The Last Sears Catalog (1993) Paperback – January 1, 1993 by Roebuck amd Company Sears (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings. See all ...

Does sears buy old catalogs?

Once again, Sears has made history. For the first time, Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. More than 100 years of history now available online.

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