House Kits From Sears

Kit homes with finished exteriors start at about 109 to 142 per square foot. Today those marks can help prove that you have a kit home.

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More than 75000 Sears kit homes were built in the US.

House kits from sears. Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. 1253 to 1408 The Ellison Model No. Sears houses sold in kits and delivered to your local railroad station were the biggest and most ambitious product offered by the company that sold everything via a catalog.

Also Sears Robuck home catalogs packed with historic house plans. KIT HOMES 1908- 1940 followed by 105 people on Pinterest. The Sears home kits sold like hotcakes and between 1908 and 1940 the company sold over 70000 such houses.

Between 1908 and 1940 Sears sold about 70000 kit homes in 48 states through their mail-order Modern Homes program with 370 designs that you might not readily recognize as a kit. Designs for 370 different plans ranged from the elaborate to the simple. For this weeks listing of the week we decided to find seven charming Sears Catalog homes you can actually buy today.

A recent Reddit post pointed out this amazing historical tidbit along with a link showing an ad from the Sears Modern Home Catalog circa 1913-1917. To keep cost low certain items such as indoor plumbing furnaces electrical wiring and bathroom were offered as options. Sears began offering house plans and later kit houses to the American market in the first two decades of the 20th century and continued until 1940.

Sears Modern Homes were kit homes and the framing members were stamped with a letter and a number to help facilitate construction. These are often found on the back of. Selling thousands of homes all across the country in the companys 33-year history.

From 1908 until 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co. As Sears Catalog Homes became popular the company divided its products into three categories based on build quality and pricing. Sears kit homes were shipped via boxcar and came with a 75-page instruction book.

More than 100 years of stories product and brand histories photographs catalog images and. The least expensive model was priced at 360. According to the century-old ad the 659 price covered all the lumber lath.

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. Sears sold building products before 1900 and sold kit homes from 1908 to 1940. Sitting smack dab in the historic district of Pinehurst this home was assembled from a Sears kit in 1929 on one of the largest lots in the area.

1330 to 1 537 The Crafton Model Nos. From 1940 to 1950 or 1951 Sears sold Homart pre-fabricated home kits in a more limited distribution. Windows on the Past Carlinville Illinois celebrates the countrys largest collection of Sears kit homes.

916 to 1399 The Hammond Model No. Sears Catalog Kit Homes From the Early 20th Century. Decades ago Sears sold the plans and materials to dozens and dozens of different house styles including the Modern Home No.

The Marion Model No. 920 North Madison Avenue Anderson Indiana Asking. Sears reported that more than 70000 of these homes were sold in North America between 1908 and 1940.

Read more about Sears Houses. The Goldenrod for example was a three-room vacation cottage no bath out-house separate. According to this inflation calculator that.

Sizes and styles range from the 12-by-16-foot guest house pictured to the 32-by-36-foot barn event space. If you think houses built from kits are shoddy cheap and obvious -- think again. 229 that surfaced on Reddit.

Though they primarily focused on small farming towns their DIY house kits were sold all over the country. Between 1908 and 1940. An average Sears Modern Home kit had approximately 25 tons of materials with over thirty thousand parts.

See more ideas about kit homes sears vintage house plans. Jul 3 2016 - Explore Robin Roses board SEARS ROEBUCK CO. In 1908 Sears shipped out Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans.

Were distributed by Sears Catalog and represented a higher-quality construction. Sears Houses-- Kit Houses Sold by Sears Roebuck. Sold under the Sears Modern Homes brand the kits soon became a huge hit.

Sold over 70000 kit houses through their Modern Homes and Honor Bilt catalogs. Look for shipping labels. Contained in this catalog were 44 different types of home kits all of which were available by mail order.

This special section explores the Sears mail-order home phenomenon. 2185 to 2845 The Franklin Model No.

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