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Sears Roebuck Kit Houses  1936 Hillsboro  English Cottage
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6 hours ago 1936 Sears Roebuck Modern Homes. We are smitten with the small, but interesting, Hillsboro plan shown in the 1936 Sears Modern Homes catalog; it was in every sense a modern home. The steeply pitched roof, mixed brick and stone chimney, and leaded windows over a window seat in the livingroom contributed to its considerable charm.

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Sears House Seeker: Catalogs Online: Sears, Radford
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Sears Sold DIY Mail Order Homes that Could Be Assembled in
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5 hours ago 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.

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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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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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Sears Kit Home Spotlight Tuesday  The Avondale  Old
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4 hours ago Sears Modern Homes catalog was first published in 1908. The 1913 volume featured 112 designs for homes for which homeowners could purchase a kit that was delivered with all the materials needed to construct the home. Later volumes offered up to 370 designs. Between 1908 and 1940, more than 70,000 of these Sears Kit Homes were built across …

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Sears’ History Lives Through Preservation of Historic Kit
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Just Now The first Sears, Roebuck & Co. calendar hit mailboxes in 1894 and was followed over the next few years by specialty catalogs and color sections. In 1908, the catalog began offering ready-to-build homes.

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A 1934 House from the Sears & Roebuck Christmas Catalog
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Just Now Here is the same house for the same price in the 1916 Sears Modern Home Catalog. 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, 1921, 1923, 1925

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Sears Stores Are Going Away, But The Company’s ‘Kit Houses
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2 hours ago You don’t expect to find a house. But that didn’t stop Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Roebuck, co-founders of the Sears-Roebuck company. Rosemary Thornton is an expert in Sears kit houses. “The only reason that Sears got into this was he knew it was a way to sell more of the stuff in his 100,000-item, 1,400-page catalog.

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The History of Sears Modern Homes  Sears, Roebuck and Co
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3 hours ago From 1908 until 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Company offered kit homes via their popular catalog. Varying in prices and quality, some homes offered electricity a

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Sears And Roebuck Houses Floor Plans  House Design Ideas
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8 hours ago 1931 Homes Of Today Catalog Sears Roebuck Amp Co House Plans Blueprints 84pg 1892793756. Sears S Are Going Away But The Company Kit Houses Live On Kut Radio Austin Npr Station. Sears Sold 75 000 Diy Mail Order Homes Between 1908 And 1939 Transformed American Life Open Culture.

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How to Identify a Sears Kit Home: 9 Steps (with Pictures)
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9 hours ago Check the home's floor plan, footprint (exterior dimensions) and room size, using a field guide to Sears Homes, such as "Finding The Houses That Sears Built" (2004, Gentle Beam Publications) or "Houses By Mail" (1986). Pay special attention to the placement of windows and doors, chimneys, bathroom and kitchen vents, etc. The home's footprint should be a perfect …

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Sears kit homes weathered decades, now quite valuable
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7 hours ago Sears kit homes weathered decades, now quite valuable Mail-order homes historic, altered, but still standing In a 1926 advertisement in its Modern Homes catalog, Sears, Roebuck ballyhooed a

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Frequently Asked Questions

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.

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 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.

Do you know what a sears kit home is?

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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