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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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'Kit Homes' From Sears Catalogs In Early 1900s Are Sold
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Just Now As Sears stores are closing, there is one Sears product that may stand the test of time. Do you remember when Sears sold “kit homes”? It may have been before your time, as they were popular in the early 1900s. In those days, you could order a printed catalog from Sears, Roebuck, and Company and look at different types of homes.

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I Just Ordered A Sears Roebuck Catalog Home!  Riverside
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2 hours ago Sadly, the Sears Roebuck Home Catalog business closed in the 1940s. In light of the blossoming prefab home industry, I was thinking that it would be cool if Sears got back into the production of kit homes. Even if they didn’t want to do it for profit, it would be a great, charitable endeavor.

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‎Sears, Roebuck Home Builder's Catalog on Apple Books
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9 hours ago All across America during the great building boom of the early 20th century, one of the most popular sources for home-building materials, fixtures, and trimmings was the Sears, Roebuck catalog for home builders. This fascinating volume, reprinted from a rare surviving edition of that remarkably comp…

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Sears, Roebuck Home Builder's Catalog: The Complete
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1 hours ago Sears, Roebuck and Company's 1910 catalog of home building materials, fixtures, and accessories — from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain bathtubs. Vintage ad copy, specifications, and prices provide a nostalgic look back at the way homes were built at the turn of the last century. An authentic source for restorers of homes today.

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Sears, Roebuck Home Builder's Catalog: The Complete
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3 hours ago All across America during the great building boom of the early 20th century, one of the most popular sources for home-building materials, fixtures, and trimmings was the Sears, Roebuck catalog for home builders.

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Sears  Wikipedia
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5 hours ago Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892 and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. It began as a mail ordering catalog company, then began opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the company was …

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The 1897 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog  Mr. Hurst's website
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6 hours ago The 1897 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Catalog Recently my local historical society had its annual yard sale. One of the items I bought was a reprint of this famous catalog. It was recreated by Fred L. Israel of the City College of New York. It is 786 pages long (including the index). I have copies some of the pages to give you an

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Sears Roebuck Kit Homes  Alameda Old House History
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5 hours ago The Argyle page from a 1921 Sears Roebuck catalog. From 1908 through 1940, Sears sold more than 70,000 kit homes that were built in almost every major US city by homeowners, their friends and in some cases like this one, actual home builders. 1921 Sears Roebuck Argyle floor plan, from the catalog. A solid match with the NE 30th Avenue bungalow.

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Sears House Seeker: Catalogs Online: Sears, Radford
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2 hours ago Find online catalogs for Sears, Gordon-Van Tine, Radford, Wardway, Harris, Lewis with these links. SEARS. (mail-order, bundled homes; pre-cut and labeled 1916 through about 1940) 1908: Sears Modern Homes -- extremely slow to load, awkward format with no thumbnail view. 1911-1912: Sears Modern Homes -- on Archive, better format.

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A 1934 House from the Sears & Roebuck Christmas Catalog
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Just Now You can see the entire 1916 catalog here. Sears reported that more than 70,000 of their DIY kit homes were sold in North America between 1908 and 1940. Edit - For those interested archive.org has several other Sears Modern Home catalogs: 1918, …

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The Story on Sears Houses  The OldHouse Journal
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2 hours ago The Story on Sears Houses. For more than 30 years, the Chicago-based retailer was the king of catalog Sears houses. Author: James C. Massey & Shirley Maxwell. Publish Date: Updated Jun 17, 2021. Featured in catalogs from 1912 to 1929, the Westly was one of Sears’ most popular designs. It still shines in countless towns across the country by

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Sears Homes in Richmond! What a Bonanza!  Sears Modern Homes
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3 hours ago These were 12,000-piece kits that you could order out of the Sears Roebuck catalog. Each “kit” came with a 75-page instruction book and detailed blueprints, specifically designed for the novice home-builder. These were complete kits, and came with all the paint, wood putty, coat hooks, towel racks, lumber, roofing shingles, gutter hardware

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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.

How many homes did sears roebuck sell?

Sears Catalog Homes: Sears Roebuck is estimated to have sold 100,000 catalog homes in the U.S. between 1908 and 1940, with probably the heaviest individual sales years before 1929. Sears Roebuck's business model differed from some or all of the other kit home marketers by offering an accompanying home mortgage to their customers beginning in 1916.

What is the sears roebuck 1926 house catalog?

"Small Houses of the Twenties, the Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog." Construction information includes detailed illustrations of interiors and fixtures. "Sears, Roebuck Homebuilder's Catalog" - The Complete Illustrated 1910 Edition. Well-illustrated with construction specifications.

What is a searsroebuck kit home?

Instead of hiring an architect and an army of carpenters, prospective homeowners could now simply place an order and get plans and building materials delivered right to their property. And with this stroke of genius, the Sears & Roebuck Kit Homes were born.

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